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Floods from the Southwest to the Upper Midwest

Hot, humid air led to flash flooding in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Wednesday, September 8, 2016. The very same day, remnants from Hurricane Newton dropped months worth of rain across parts of Arizona and New Mexico. Both events caused flooding. Find
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It's been a warm, humid summer for most of the Midwest, and the monsoon in the Desert Southwest has been a healthy one with a fair amount of rain over the last few months.

That warm, humid air led to flooding in Milwaukee where cars trying to get through flooded roads became stranded.

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It was a similar picture as remnants of Hurricane Newton moved across Arizona and New Mexico.

Some places in the Southwest received months worth of rainfall in less than a day.

July and August were both especially wet for most of the United States, and it appears that trend is creeping into the beginning of September as well.