UNDATED, NORTHERN WISCONSIN (WTAQ) – Flooding still poses a major threat for several areas in northern Wisconsin.
Three people have now died because of flash flooding from the powerful storms earlier this week.
Most recently, an 82-year-old Elmer Lippo was found in a pick-up truck in floodwaters in Ashland County Thursday.
A former mayor of Montreal in Iron County and an 84-year-old Illinois man in Bayfield County also died in the floods.
Jim Clement with XL Energy explains the intensity of the storms.
“It fell in buckets…couldn’t keep up with everything. This creeks rose rapidly, like when we talk flash-flood, it rose in flash-flood proportions. The water level here started hitting these roads and taking out the culverts and it was just a trickle down affect. The farther it got down, the more water it picked up in capacity.”
The 8 counties affected include: Iron, Bayfield, Burnett, Ashland, Douglas, Price, Sawyer and Washburn.
