MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on flooding around Madison, Wisconsin(all times local):
11:20 a.m.
Searchers have recovered the body of a man who was swept away during flash flooding in Wisconsin’s capital city of Madison.
Police spokesman Joel DeSpain says searchers found the man in a retention pond on Tuesday morning. He described the man in a news release as being in his 70s. He had been driving a car with two passengers when it stalled in flood waters and was swept into a drainage ditch.
DeSpain says bystanders helped the two passengers to safety but were unable to keep the driver from being sucked under the car and away by the rushing water.
The National Weather Service estimates more than 11 inches (28 centimeters) of rain fell overnight in Dane County, flooding major roads, knocking out power and forcing scores of people in rural municipalities to evacuate.
