FEMA will assess flood damage in Milwaukee County after record rains left thousands of homes destroyed and over 34 million in damages.

Add the Milwaukee Common Council to the list of Wisconsin officials asking President Donald Trump and FEMA administrators to declare the Aug. 9-10 rainstorms a natural disaster and provide federal aid.

"The damage throughout the area is overwhelming," Mayor Cavalier Johnson said after visiting home with David Crowley and Tammy Baldwin.

The goal of the S.A.F.E.R. program is designed to provide first responders with critical information that may assist them regarding a person with special needs.

The City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) is advising of available shelter options ahead of forecasted severe weather.

Milwaukee officials advise residents to prepare for potential weekend rainstorms and take protective measures.

Crews were called to the area of Shore Drive and Meredith Street around 5:20 a.m. MILWAUKEE - First responders were involved in a water rescue on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee on Friday morning, Aug. 15. Crews were called to the area of Shore Drive, just north of Meredith Street, around 5:20 a.m.

Crews recovered a body from Lake Michigan at South Shore Beach in Milwaukee on Friday, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.