The Milwaukee area received some of the worst of flooding across the Midwest over the weekend, breaking records and causing the cancelation of the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday. Continued heavy rainfall in half-a-dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles,

Excessive rainfall in Wisconsin caused flash flooding this weekend, leading to inundated roads, flooded basements and an early closure of the region’s beloved state fair.

Milwaukee County was under a state of emergency Sunday as several roads were blocked off and neighbors impacted by flooding tried to salvage what's left after what's being called a historic rainfall.