WEST ALLIS, Wis. — More than 100 residents at Element 84 apartments in West Allis are dealing with destroyed cars and ongoing power outages following severe flooding that hit southeast Wisconsin earlier this week.

The flooding filled the building's garage within hours on Saturday night, leaving residents without power since Sunday. While electricity has been restored to common areas, individual units remain in the dark as of Thursday.

"It's been pretty much a nightmare," Neil Vallely, who lives at Element 84, said.

Vallely described how quickly the situation deteriorated Saturday night. "I got home by like 11:30 and I would say by 1:45 that whole garage must've been filled."

"In the almost four years I've been here, the power has never gone out, so this is a new building, and as soon a

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