{"id":72976,"date":"2025-08-10T19:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72976\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T19:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:28:06","slug":"flooding-cancels-last-day-of-wisconsin-state-fair-water-rescues-in-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72976\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair, water rescues in Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MILWAUKEE &#8212; Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states led to water rescues, power outages and road closures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Organizers of the Wisconsin State Fair said they were canceling the final day of the 11-day event after rains flooded the fairgrounds in West Allis, which is just outside Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cWe are saddened we cannot deliver this final day of the Wisconsin State Fair, but know that this is the best decision with current conditions and the forecast ahead,\u201d organizers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The National Weather Service issued flood watches and warnings for parts of Kansas, Iowa, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/severe-storms-death-prisoners-nebraska-72d16db09c28236408be21f33aec2348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nebraska<\/a>, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. After rainfall began on Saturday in some areas forecasters predicted \u201crepeated rounds of heavy rain,\u201d along with hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Among the worst hit was the Milwaukee area, where as many as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain had fallen in some areas by early Sunday. Nearly 47,000 customers of We Energies lost power in southeast Wisconsin. USA Triathlon also canceled its Sprint and Paratriathlon National Championships in Milwaukee, where thousands of athletes were expected to participate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Firefighters responded to over 600 calls including for gas leaks, electrical outages and water rescues, according to the Milwaukee Fire Department. Meanwhile, city crews worked overnight to clear surface water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cPlease continue to avoid flooded areas and do not walk or drive through standing water,&#8221; the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works pleaded in a statement. &#8220;It remains dangerous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">On Saturday, strong winds led to the death of one person in eastern Nebraska after a tree fell on a woman\u2019s car. In the state capital of Lincoln, the storms damaged two housing units at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, displacing 387 prisoners, the state Department of Correctional Services said. The agency said all staff and incarcerated individuals were safe and accounted for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE &#8212; Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[52209,966,4,450,52208,793,451,3,3774,452,453,795,2986],"class_list":{"0":"post-72976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-52209","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-breakingnews","12":"tag-fairs-and-festivals","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-power-outages","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topstories","19":"tag-u-s-news","20":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}