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Chicago Flooding

Streams rise in Midwest following stormy weather

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 01.28.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Midwesterners got ready for the possibility of flooding Sunday as runoff from heavy rain and melting snowbanks bloated streams, and hi...

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Undocumented Immigrants Eligible For FEMA Flood Relief

Chicago Public Radio | Mike Rhee | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

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Some residents in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood might not be taking advantage of federal flood assistance. Officials are especially concerned und...

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Crowds Line Up For Flood Food Stamps

Chicago Tribune | Joel Hood | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Hundreds of south suburban residents whose homes were damaged in last month's flooding formed long lines outside a state office starting around 3 a.m....

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Thousands Seek Flood Relief Money

Southtown Star | Jim Hook | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

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Ernest Hill came to the Illinois Department of Human Services office in Blue Island Thursday morning seeking financial relief from last month's devast...

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Lake Michigan Water Safe After Flood: Officials

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

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Nearly 100 billion gallons of flood water was set free into Lake Michigan during the weekend's historic rainfall. But those who rely on Lake Michigan...

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Waters Recede, Tempers Rise In Northwest Indiana

Chicago Public Radio | Michael Puente | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

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In Northwest Indiana homeowners, businesses and motorists are trying to dry out. In Munster, some 2,000 homes have taken in water and some city stree...

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Flood Waters Start To Recede: What Now?

Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

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DES PLAINES (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has declared seven Illinois counties state disaster areas. The governor visited an American Red Cross shelter...

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Storm of the Century

Debra Shore | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

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Debra Shore

Why was there so much flooding in streets and homes this weekend? Simply put, the water had nowhere else to go.

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Chicago Drying Out, Cleaning Up

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Long, Emily S. Achenbaum and Ted Gregory | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago

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Across a waterlogged Chicago region, the rain eased for the first time in more than two days on Sunday, and forecasters predicted several days of drie...

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