'Everything was floating': Couple escapes through window as floodwaters destroy their home

MILWAUKEE — If you look at the sloping lawn outside of Tony Soto and Alyssa Feavel's home, you'll see it leads directly to their patio door.

It was a charming part of the unit that they liked when they decided to move in three months ago.

This weekend, it became a ramp for several feet of vicious floodwaters to shatter the glass door and destroy everything they own.

Couple escapes through window as floodwaters destroy their home

"The water was up to here, the water was eventually pouring up to the sides and stuff, you can see where the water line was," Feavel said, pointing to marks still visible on the walls.

When TMJ4 visited their home Monday, crews were still working to drain water from inside the building. Walking into their unit revealed devastating damage—furniture overturned,