Natural Disaster

Wisconsin homeowners and businesses hit by flooding and other natural disasters would have a new avenue to help rebuild under bipartisan legislation moving through the state Capitol.

City services in Milwaukee are beginning to transition back to normal after flooding damaged thousands of homes during flooding on Aug. 9 and 10.

Gov. Tony Evers formally requested a presidential disaster declaration from President Donald Trump Wednesday, seeking federal help for flooding damage in six Wisconsin counties.

“I am not exaggerating this: We are going the way of other sort of oligarchs and tyrannies in the world resembling them,” Moore told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.” “This is what it looks like.”

There have been over 13,000 damage reports from residents in southeast Wisconsin, according to the most recent Impact 211 data.

Rock County leaders are hoping to upgrade their tornado warning sirens to improve response times and better target precise locations where disasters are happening.

As search operations continue for people lost in the flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas, an official with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources explains what safety measures are in the state’s parks and campsites.

On May 15, multiple tornadoes blew through western and east-central Wisconsin. Long-term cleanup efforts remain for damaged homes and businesses.

What does losing your home in a disaster teach you about life and your community? Two disaster victims share their experiences. Plus, a local Red Cross leader shares some ways you can prepare for disaster.

Repairing a broken tornado warning siren would cost too much for the Town of Greenbush, said the town board’s chair.