Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency are expected in Southeast Wisconsin this week to begin assessing the damage first-hand from last weekend's historic flooding as local and state officials ask for a federal disaster declaration.

FEMA will be in southeast Wisconsin later this week to assess the aftermath of severe storms and historic floods, FOX6 News confirmed on Tuesday.

FEMA is expected to perform a damage assessment, the next step toward a presidential disaster declaration that would authorize federal aid.