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Hundreds of activists tried to breach the fortified perimeter of Ridglan Farms on Saturday, an attempt to remove thousands of beagles from the facility. 

After several rounds of thunderstorms dumped inches of rain, Burlington is among the communities across Wisconsin dealing with flooding.

Across southeast Wisconsin, communities are dealing with the aftermath of Friday night's severe storms. FOX6 News found damage and flooding in Franklin, Caledonia and other areas Saturday.

FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn is in western Dane County with an update on the situation outside of Ridglan Farms where activists attempted to storm the facility to "rescue" the beagles.

Hundreds of activists from across the US and Canada are once again attempting to storm Ridglan Farms in an attempt to remove nearly 2,000 beagles that remain at the breeding farm in western Dane County on Saturday, April 18.

Now that the storms have passed, it's flooding and high river levels that are the big concern. FOX6's Andrew Amouzou is in Oak Creek where the Root River has flooded and forced a road closure.

FOX6's Hayley Spitler stopped at a farm in Franklin that suffered damage from Friday's night's severe storms and spoke to the farm's owner.

Friday's storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.

FOX6's Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night's storms.

FOX6 News spoke to a Franklin resident who said it "sounded like a freight train" when an intense storm rolled through Friday night. She said a tree came through her window, and three of four barns on the property were "pretty much flattened."

The Fox River in downtown Waukesha has flooded over the riverwalk as a fourth round of rain hit the area on Friday night.