National Guard Deployed As Historic Flooding Hits Wisconsin

It was an extremely wet weekend in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin experienced torrential rain over the weekend in the state’s Southeast region, resulting in historic flooding.

In response to the flooding, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency and deployed the National Guard to assist in recovery efforts.

Take a look at some of the scenes from the flood:

Drone video captures historic flooding along the Menomonee River in Wauwatosa, near Mount Mary University.

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— TMJ4 News (@tmj4) August 10, 2025

Massive #Flood#Wisconsin, #US
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— Science Joy (@InsideOurBodies) August 11, 2025

We are tracking a major flash flood in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin with structures along the river inundated and debris piling up on the railroad track bridge! Over 10 inches of rainfall from overnight. Crests may still be coming with recent heavy rainfall pic.twitter.com/z4NTS2sQjt

— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) August 10, 2025

Fox 6 Now reported on the flooding more in-depth:

Southeast Wisconsin saw historic and dangerous flooding this past weekend (Aug. 9-10).

A flood warning remained in effect until 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11. However, several river flood warnings remain in effect for several counties.

Catastrophic flooding has impacted Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Waukesha, and other surrounding communities.

Multiple counties have declared a state of emergency, and Governor Evers has approved help from the National Guard.

More videos of the flooding:

Torrential rain caused flooding in southeast Wisconsin, near Milwaukee, with some areas recording more than a foot of rain. pic.twitter.com/BMIh0uVcUF

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) August 10, 2025

Cars were abandoned and rail lines were submerged after record flooding hit Wisconsin. https://t.co/Qp17yD1lYM pic.twitter.com/ZBlHSyvSAx

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 11, 2025

AP reported the city of Milwaukee is currently drying out from the flood:

The Milwaukee area began drying out Monday after weekend rain hit unofficial records in Wisconsin of more than 14 inches (36 centimeters) in less than 24 hours, leading multiple rivers to flood at record-high levels, washing out vehicles, flooding basements and cutting power to thousands of homes.

No fatalities had been reported as of Monday morning from the storms that began Saturday night and stretched into Sunday. Road closures were more isolated Monday as flood warnings continued in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties.

About 2,000 homes in the area remained without power as of Monday afternoon. Residents couldn’t believe what they saw as rains pounded the area Saturday night.

Colby McMillan and a friend were driving home around 11 p.m. in Milwaukee when their car stalled out in what McMillian thought was just puddle.Then the water started coming in under the door.

“As the water was coming in, it was like, ‘What is happening?’” McMillan said Monday. “It was very, very shocking to me. We had to get out of this car and out of the rain. I had never seen anything like this before.”