North Side Flooding

Flood Waters Start To Recede: What Now?

Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago


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

Chicago Drying Out, Cleaning Up

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


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...