FEMA officials will be on the ground in Wisconsin on Thursday to assess the historic flooding damage. So far, staff at 211 have taken more than 16,000 damage reports in Milwaukee County.To date, county officials said they conducted their own assessment at nearly 3,

FEMA is coordinating with Wisconsin officials to assess flood damage in the southeast region, a key step toward securing a federal disaster declaration.

FEMA will assess flood damage in Milwaukee County after record rains left thousands of homes destroyed and over 34 million in damages.

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. Local municipalities are first completing their own damage assessments.

Milwaukee County officials said local teams visited more than 3,400 homes. Fifty-three percent were destroyed or had major damage.

Between 40 and 60 FEMA staff will be deployed to southeastern Wisconsin, according to the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management.

Add the Milwaukee Common Council to the list of Wisconsin officials asking President Donald Trump and FEMA administrators to declare the Aug. 9-10 rainstorms a natural disaster and provide federal aid.

Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. senator says she has little doubt that there is enough flood damage around the state to qualify for federal help. But Tuesday she said she has less confidence in President Donald Trump.