MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Six teams of agents with the Federal Emergency Management Agency have begun preliminary damage assessments in Southeast Wisconsin

The BriefFEMA is on the ground in southeast Wisconsin, assessing flood damage.Workers are determining whether it rises to the level of a major national disaster.Homeowners, who continue to recover, are hoping for federal relief.

Federal Emergency Management Agency inspectors were in southeast Wisconsin on Thursday after historic flooding that severely damaged parts of the area. They toured the damage at homes in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Washington counties.