Floodwaters Inundate Wisconsin Streets, Trapping Drivers, as Midwest Rebuilds After Storms

An uprooted tree rests on a home following a severe storm in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 15, 2026. Mike Householder/AP Photo

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway, as other Midwestern states worked to rebuild after storms.

Cars were stranded in high floodwater on a highway in Milwaukee and video shared by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel showed a woman and child being rescued from a vehicle.