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Wis. Neighborhood Becomes Island as Levee Weakens

PORTAGE, Wis. (Sept. 27) -- Floodwaters from the burgeoning Wisconsin River turned a rural neighborhood into a virtual island Monday, cutting off dozens of homes from the outside world. The river was seeping through and surging around a levee protecting the Blackhawk Park neighborhood in the town of Caledonia just...

Experts: 'Historical' Wisconsin Levee Likely to Collapse

(Sept. 27) -- The Wisconsin sand levee struggling to hold back flood waters from the Wisconsin River is a 120-year-old "historical artifact" built by farmers and is likely in danger of total collapse, experts say. Days of torrential rains have caused the Wisconsin River to flood its banks, sending water rising near the...

Wis. Residents Eye Levees as Flooding Worsens [Video]

Flood-Damaged Levee Holds in Wisconsin

PORTAGE, Wis. (Sept. 27) -- Dozens of residents have opted to stay in their flood-stranded homes in central Wisconsin, even as a nearby levee weakened by recent heavy rain barely holds. Columbia County Emergency Management director Pat Beghin says the levee on the Wisconsin River has deteriorated in the Town of Caledonia,...

Officials Say Levee Failing Near Wisconsin Park

PORTAGE, Wis. (Sept. 26) -- A levee along the Wisconsin River was failing Sunday, flooding the access road leading to a park area and cutting off any residents who did not heed daylong warnings to evacuate. It wasn't clear how many of the roughly 300 residents remained in Blackhawk Park around 4 p.m. Sunday when the road...