Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has declared a state of emergency after torrential weekend rains caused what experts are calling a “1,000-year flood” across southeastern Wisconsin, overwhelming Milwaukee’s water systems and leaving homes submerged.
The tragedy has brought together a group of community men to volunteer with cleaning up.
As reported by WUWM, for residents like Crystal Trigg and Valerie Raspberry in Milwaukee’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, the flooding was worse than anything they’d seen before. “It’s a lake or a river,” Trigg said. “It’s a lake with no fish.”…