Story Created:
Jun 17, 2008
Story Updated:
Jun 21, 2008
How Can I Help? See information below.
For immediate weather updates: text "weather" to 79008.
Flood Coverage:
• I-94 Westbound Lane Could Open Today Over Flood Areas
• Waukesha, Washington, Dodge County Disaster Areas; FEMA Sees Jefferson Today
• Unwanted Puppies Thrown into Flooded River, Killed
• Scam Artists Working Flood Victims
• What To Do with Those Sandbags
• Milwaukee County Damage: $138 Million
• Fema Money Starts to Flow
• Fighting Collapsing Basements
• Flooded Highway Closures: Updates
Audio: State Department of Transportation Secretary Frank Busalacchi on Wisconsin's Morning News
Video: Houses Swallowed
Photos: TMJ4 | Journal Sentinel
Phone contacts:
• Emergencies Only: 911
• FEMA: 1-800-621-FEMA (for people in counties declared as disaster areas)
• Milwaukee County Disaster Hotline: 414-278-3000
• City of Milwaukee Flooded Basement Line: 414-286-3427
• Jefferson County (evacuation/other needs hotline) : 920-674-7450
• Jefferson County (road closures) : 920-674-9649
• Racine County (reporting damage): 262-636-3308
• Walworth Flood Hotline: 262-741-7700
• Waukesha Flood Hotline: 262-524-6669
• We Energies: 800-662-4797
Free Health Kits:
• City of Milwaukee: South Side Health Center: 1600 block of South 23rd Street
Red Cross Assistance:
• Milwaukee: 2600 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
• Dodge: Washington Elementary School, 600 Grove Street, Beaver Dam
• Jefferson: Fort Atkinson, 925 Lexington Blvd, Fort Atkinson
• Racine: Union Grove MIddle School: 14th and State, Union Grove
Links:
• FEMA Disaster Relief for people in declared counties
• Fond Du Lac County: Tips on Dealing with Floods
• Help Clean Lake Delton
• Live Radar
• National Weather Service
• Live WX Plus Feed
• Information on river levels in your area
• State Information on Freeway Closures
People in southeast Wisconsin help their own. Even though the broadcast portion of "How Can I Help" has concluded and the listeners of Newsradio 620 WTMJ, 94.5 KTI and Today's TMJ4 viewers raised more than $100,000, flood victims' needs are so much greater than that.
Today is your chance to help your neighbors who have been affected by flooding.
You can donate by Clicking Here to the Salvation Army web site, and they will continue to provide help to people here in Southern Wisconsin.
NOTE FOR ONLINE DONORS: If you want your donation to go to victims in Wisconsin, you must specify that in the "specific use" comment section.
You can mail donations to:
Salvation Army
11315 W. Watertown Plank Rd
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Thanks for your help!