MADISON, Wis. - Searchers have recovered the body of a man who was swept away during flash flooding in Wisconsin's capital city of Madison.
Police spokesman Joel DeSpain says searchers found the man in a retention pond on Tuesday morning. He described the man in a news release as being in his 70s. He had been driving a car with two passengers when it stalled in flood waters and was swept into a drainage ditch. Rescuers pulled two to safety, but the man who drowned slipped from the grasp of someone who tried to help and was swept away.
The National Weather Service says 11 to 13 inches of rain fell in some spots in western Dane County, flooding major roads and intersections and knocking out power to thousands of people.
Widespread flooding forced dozens of water rescues.
Dane County Emergency Management says Black Earth Creek hit record flood stage with evacuations underway in Black Earth, Cross Plains and Mazomanie.
