Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency are expected in Southeast Wisconsin this week to begin assessing the damage first-hand from last weekend's historic flooding as local and state officials ask for a federal disaster declaration.

FEMA is expected to perform a damage assessment, the next step toward a presidential disaster declaration that would authorize federal aid.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) teams are set to arrive in Wisconsin on Thursday, August 21, to help assess damages from severe storms and flooding between August 9 and August 11. Governor Tony Evers previously announced that he would request aid from FEMA teams as part of a potential plan to