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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- While they know their next several days will be spent removing ruined belongings, Khalia Carter and her family said they were grateful Monday afternoon.

After a record-breaking flood event dropped as much as 14 inches of rain on Milwaukee's northwest side, the Lincoln Creek transformed from a stream to a mighty river one block north of Carter's home near N. 62nd St. and W. Villard Ave.

The sudden surge of water completely filled their basement, and around 3 a.m. Sunday, Carter said she, her husband, and her uncle c

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