Flash floods inundated a southwest Wisconsin town for the second time in 10 months, while 60 miles (100 kilometers) away an embankment along a man-made lake gave way, unleashing a powerful current that ripped homes off their foundations. The swollen Kickapoo River engulfed nearly the entire village of Gays Mills on Monday, forcing about 150 people to evacuate. The town was reduced to a grid of canals with cars submerged up to their windows and parking lots looking like lakes, just as it was last August. Floodwater threatened dams across the Midwest, and military crews joined desperate sandbagging operations to hold back Indiana streams surging toward record levels. Stormy weekend weather was blamed for 10 deaths, most in the Midwest, the Associated Press reported.
