Death attributed to flooding in northern Wisconsin

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WLUC via CNN The Copper Country Insurance Agency in Houghton, Michigan, stands next to land that was washed away in the flood.

WLUC via CNN A Taco Bell sign was toppled during flooding in Houghton, Michigan.

WLUC via CNN The Wilderness Car Wash in Houghton, Michigan, stands next to a parcel of washed out land.

WLUC via CNN Heavy rain washed away roads in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on the weekend of June 16-17, 2018.

KBJR via CNN A truck drives through standing water in downtown Solon Springs, Wisconsin.



KBJR via CNN Highway 7 in Drummond, Wisconsin, was damaged by floodwaters.

KBJR via CNN Heavy rain also caused floods and headaches for residents in northern Wisconsin.

KBJR via CNN A truck drives through standing water in downtown Solon Springs, Wisconsin, on June 16, 2018.















Widespread flooding in parts of northern Wisconsin is being blamed for at least one death, while officials in northern Michigan are assessing damage from flash-flooding that washed out roads and caused dozens of sinkholes.

The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office says the body of a 75-year-old man was recovered about 60 feet from his pickup truck in a ditch along a flooded road Sunday in White River, Wisconsin.

On Monday, the National Weather Service extended a flood warning through Thursday for northwestern Wisconsin and neighboring areas in Minnesota.

Flash flooding over the weekend caused extensive damage to roads and highways in all three states, including U.S. Highway 2, a major thoroughfare across northwestern Wisconsin.

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