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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

Read More: Environment, Flooding, Extreme Weather, Cook County Flooding, Chicago River Locks, Mwrd, Chicago Storms, Chicago Weather, Chicago Rainfall, Chicago Flooding, Chicago News
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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Chicago River Evacuated

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.15.2008 | Chicago

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Evacuations and sandbagging were under way in the Albany Park neighborhood on the city's Northwest Side Sunday morning as a section of the Chicago Riv...

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