Flash flooding has forced the closure of parts of I-43, 41 and 94, along with segments of certain state highways.

In 2012, only 12% of the metro area’s voters lived in wards decided by single digits; in 2020, 22% did. In effect, metro Milwaukee is less “sorted” than it was a decade ago.

On that scale, 80 is hyper-segregation, 60 is segregation. According to 2010 Census data, the Milwaukee metro area scored an 80 on for white-black dissimilarity and a 57 for white-Hispanic.

A Racial Dot Map shows clear a delineation between racial groups in the Milwaukee area. A 2013 ranking reaffirms Milwaukee's place as the overall most segregated metropolitan area in the United ...