Multiple rounds of thunderstorms expected to bring heavy rainfall, threatening flash floods across southern Wisconsin counties through Sunday morning

Severe storms and heavy rain could bring flash flooding to Wisconsin this weekend. Expect damaging winds, hail, travel delays and event disruptions before drier weather returns midweek.

More than 20,000 people are waking up without power across southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday morning after storms rolled through the region.

A series of storms moving through Wisconsin could bring one to three inches of rain with locally higher totals, depending on the area, and might break the August rainfall record. The slow-moving weather system is expected to begin Saturday and continue through early Tuesday morning,

Some of the highest rainfall totals in the past 24 hours were in the Milwaukee area, where west of the city recorded 8 to 11 inches of rain.

After a sunny, 85-degree end to the work week, multiple rounds of storms could hit Wisconsin tonight through Aug. 19, possibly bringing more river flooding.

IMPACT 211, the social services helpline, has received more than 3,000 reports of structural damage from residents in southeast Wisconsin after weekend storms that caused extensive flooding.

Several rounds of showers and storms came through the area today and more chances of showers and storms continue to threaten Southeast Wisconsin.

Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard has the latest info on a steamy Friday as humidity continues to ramp up, which brings on-and-off showers throughout the weekend, with some potentially heavy rainfall mixed in. More storms possible late tonight into Saturday morning somewhere in central/southern MN = rainfall could be heavy

Since Trump took office, FEMA aid has been hit or miss. Kerr County in central Texas, which saw flash floods on July 4 that killed at least 135 people, including 37 children, received FEMA funding, as did Arkansas after deadly tornadoes, only after it was initially denied.

After torrential downpours across southeast Wisconsin and severe storms wreaked havoc around the state, Governor Tony Evers announced that he’s requesting assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

State Farm had received nearly 2,500 storm-related claims as of Aug. 11, and Erie Insurance reported a "surge" in claims for water damage.