Yesterday we brought you news of the houses in all parts of Black Hawk Park, in Portage, being evacuated and the state of Wisconsin and there were real fears of dam failure due to heavy rains over the past week. And closed the road leading to the area off to all, including ambulances and people had warned that if they did not leave the emergency services will not be able to access them if the dam failed.
The Wisconsin River and at that time about 3.5 feet above flood level and the latest news now is that the dams have failed in reality now. The representative of the District of Columbia Emergency Operations Center, Patrick Beghin. This means that about 100 homes in an area prone to flooding.
This is very troubling to all concerned in the weather agency said last night, “Once the dam failed completely … It is not known how the flood waters of the South River, Wisconsin, and travel.” It is possible that some of the ways, to include parts of Highway 39, you may have to close their doors and asked residents to move to higher ground. It is expected that the levels of flood the river will remain high through Wednesday and homes in Portage will remain under the threat of even lower levels.
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