MILWAUKEE — Severe storms swept through Milwaukee, causing significant flooding and leaving thousands of residents without power.

Near Timmerman Airport at 97th Street and Hampton Avenue, rapidly rising water trapped multiple drivers. At least five vehicles became stuck in the floodwaters. TMJ4’s Mike Beiermeister called 911 after finding four people inside one of the submerged cars. Emergency services responded, and all drivers and passengers were able to get out safely.

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Multiple cars stuck in flooded streets

The high water concealed a median on the road. As drivers attempted to turn around to avoid the flooding, they did not see the median and drove straight into it, becoming stuck.

Atrilla Wilson witnessed the scene unfold.

“It was pretty much like last year in August. It just came and so fast that you couldn’t control it, and watching them go into those medians was the dangerous part,” Wilson said.

Wilson noted that other drivers created additional hazards by not paying attention to the people trying to stop traffic.

“People just driving through here and not stopping, they just going through here and then filming while they’re driving, and it’s just been a whirlwind,” Wilson said.

The storms knocked out power for 24,500 customers across the area. Wilson and his neighbors were among those left in the dark.

“Everybody around here has got to go to work in the morning, so they depend on the electricity to get them up and getting them going, so hopefully before the end of the night we get electricity,” Wilson said.

Flooding and ponding were also reported on Silver Spring Drive and Mill Road. Authorities advise residents to stay home and avoid driving through flooded roadways.

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MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee police say a 20-year-old was shot and wounded near 12th and Locust on Tuesday, April 14. 

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Officials said the shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment. 

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• The Milwaukee Wave advanced to the Major Arena Soccer League championship after defeating the Baltimore Blast.
• Milwaukee won Game 2 of the series 5-4 and then secured the series win with a 2-1 victory in a 15-minute knockout game.
• Veteran Andre Hayne scored the decisive goal with 55 seconds left in the knockout game.

The Milwaukee Wave performed MASL playoff magic for the second time April 13, coming back after losing the first game of a playoff series to advance.

Now the team with seven arena soccer titles will play for an eighth, having knocked off the Baltimore Blast with victories of 5-4 in Game 2 and 2-1 in the 15-minute knockout game that followed at the UWM Panther Arena.

Venezuelan rookie forward Oscar Flores scored two goals in the first victory, the first to tie the game at 3-3 late in the third quarter and then the clincher midway through the fourth. On Flores’ final goal, he picked up a ball bounced hard off the boards by defender Stuart Grable and directed it in behind his back with his right heel.

Baltimore scored 32 seconds into the knockout game, but Wave rookie goalkeeper Gerardo Perez came forward and tied the game with a rebound goal six minutes later. That set the stage for veteran forward Andre Hayne, who took a pass from Ian Bennett and pounded it home with 55 seconds left.

The Wave, under first-year head coach Marcio Leite, won its quarterfinal series with the Empire Strykers in similar fashion, losing the first game before winning 60- and 15-minute games in one night.

Milwaukee won’t know its opponent until April 19^th, when the St. Louis Ambush and San Diego Sockers play the second and possibly third game of their semifinal series.