GAY MILLS, Wis. -- Residents in the village of Gays Mills are getting their first looks at damage after flooding rushed them out of their homes early Sunday morning.

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The water has receded after it covered main roads, destroyed 25 businesses and spilled into about 200 houses over the weekend, WISC-TV reported.

Local firefighters and rescuers spent Monday bringing residents to their homes to get medications, pets and other necessities. For many residents, it was the first time that they got to witness the damage to their homes.

Many residents described the scene as bleak while they tried to figure out what to do next.

"Destruction, heartache -- you know just trying to figure out what we're going to do now. I'm kind of clueless, just chaos I guess," said Lee Roe, a resident who returned home for his daughters' cat.

He said that his 2- and 4-year-old daughters were confused after having to float down their street at 5 a.m.

Roe said that his family and their pets are all OK, but two vehicles were completely underwater and their home was filled with a few feet as well.

"That's probably why I left my wife at home, because I didn't want her to look at the destruction that's happened," said Roe.

The biggest problem, emergency management said, is a dam upriver in Vernon County that has reportedly been leaking.

They said if that dam would break, or if heavy rains would come to this area again, the receding waters would likely fill the town once again, WISC-TV reported.