Cars Stuck on Flooded Milwaukee Streets
MILWAUKEE - Flood waters from the overnight storms flooded cars up to their roofs, swept other cars away and closed many city streets in Milwaukee.
Drivers heading down West Capitol Drive found undriveable conditions at around North 31st Street. Others found similar conditions near the corner of West Fond du Lac Avenue and West Locust Street.
A driver had to climb out and leave his car behind at the corner of West Fond du Lac and West Locust Streets.
People had to rescue each other out of cars that were submerged to the point where water came up to their roofs.
"His car was under 4-5 feet of water, up to the windows, over the hood. It came out of nowhere," said two drivers who got stuck.
As rain came fast and flooded streets came faster, police squad vehicles moved in to block streets while tow trucks assisted stuck drivers.
Such stories are all-too familiar to the Milwaukee Fire Department.
"There's just common areas that we know we will probably get called too," said Milwaukee Deputy Fire Chief Jack Christiansen to TODAY'S TMJ4 HD's Diane Pathieu.
With the rain coming down so fast, drivers get caught off-guard.
"It was like this, and the next second, it was like this, and then we got stuck," said one driver.
Emergency personnel try and get to scenes as fast as possible to block the road to other drivers.
"Sometimes, cars get through, and sometimes they don't," said Christiansen.
"The water could continue to rise. Somebody could get trapped, (and) if they try to get out of the car, could get swept up into a current."
These situations happen so often, so officials ask you to heed the warning to not attempt to get through streets with standing water.
"Areas on the roadways, where you see high water, you never just know how deep that water really is."
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