Family of Miguel Flores

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Search parties are being planned in the days ahead for people believed to be missing after last week's flooding.

The bridge under S. Chase Avenue and First Street in Milwaukee used to be filled with furniture and belongings of those who made it their home.

After last week's flooding, it's now empty, and some people who lived here haven't been seen since.

"The discomfort of not knowing where your loved one is, I think is the most painful part," said Arturo Vazquez, whose uncle, 59-year-old Miguel Flores, has been missing for nine days. "We're hoping, obviously, that he's alive, but the hope is, I guess, pretty far now."

Vazquez said Flores lived under the bridge on the Kinnickinnic River, and was homeless by choice.

His family is worried th

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