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MILWAUKEE - People are still finding themselves shocked as they see what the Brew City Flood of last week left behind.

The Milwaukee Department of Public Works says its workers have picked up 2,300 tons of debris so far.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District says that 2.1 billion gallons of untreated sewage and storm water have gone into area waterways during the storm.

The City of Milwaukee has given away more than 6,100 cleanup kits so far.

Six days after the "Brew City Flood," officials from the Federal Emergency Management Administration are coming to Milwaukee today.

"We've been asked to assess the damage," inspector Marquita Hynes told Newsradio 620 WTMJ.  "We'll determine whether an official presidential request for assistance should come through."

Four teams are coming to our area to tour the damage, much of it in the city's north side and in the north shore suburbs.

People who have been cleaning up after the flood for almost a week are hoping they will get more help.

"We need help," said Julie Monfre, a flood victim from Milwaukee.  "There's a lot of people that had just as much as we did or more.  Insurance doesn't really cover that."

Two of the four FEMA teams will survey damage in Milwaukee, while two more work in the suburbs.

Milwaukee Mayor hopes to meet personally with the two teams in the city and go over the widespread damage.

"I've directed the DPW, the Department of Public Works and Neighborhood Services, to put together a chart of the areas that are hardest hit, so that we can allow FEMA to witness this devastation.

After touring the area, FEMA will decide of neighborhoods meet the criteria for federal aid, though there is no established timeline for when such a decision would come.