The fallout from the weekend's record storms begins today, with thousands of people missing work to tend to their flood-damaged homes throughout southeastern Wisconsin.

Sump pumps, buckets, mops and sanitary products are at a premium at stores today, and restoration contractors with time available to respond to phone calls are scarce.

Rainfall totals in the region reached nearly 9 inches in some places for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle declared a state of emergency for 29 counties due to severe storms and flooding. The counties include: Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Lafayette, LaCrosse, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Ozaukee, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Vernon, Washington, Waukesha and Winnebago.

The governor's declaration allows Wisconsin's Adjutant General, Brigadier General Don Dunbar to activate National Guard troops to assist the affected counties as necessary. Six soldiers and three high-profile vehicles were deployed Sunday evening to assist with evacuation of a mobile home park in the village of Ontario in Vernon County.

The State Emergency Operations Center has been activated since Saturday afternoon. Members of the Wisconsin State Patrol have been assessing road damage throughout southwestern Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has been responding to requests from counties for personnel to assist with sandbagging, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has been monitoring dams throughout Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Bureau opened a disaster hot line for citizens to report weather-related damages. Citizens are encouraged to call the hot line at (414) 278-3000.

The hot line is an automatic phone system to leave brief recorded messages for people whose properties incurred damages, such as basements flooded by water or sewage backups.

Creeks, streams and rivers are surging over their banks.

Thousands of cars have been damaged, and miles of roadways have been washed away. Trees have been uprooted, and power lines were blown down.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District reported that its deep tunnel system was full and it needed to dump untreated sewage into Lake Michigan Saturday as an effort to reduce the number of sewer backups in homes.

Meanwhile, additional showers are expected this week. To track the storms, view the interactive radar at www.wisn.com, a media partner of SBT.