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Hasbrook Park flooded nearly to top of the embankment.

Courtesy of Jen Schmidt

Courtesy of Jen Schmidt Hasbrook Park flooded nearly to top of the embankment.

Eric Kinkel of Palatine took this picture of his white SUV and another car submerged in water in the garage of his condo building. Forty plus cars were damaged by the 3 to 4 feet of water, according to Kinkel.

Courtesy of Eric Kinkel

Photos of Hasbrook Park flooded nearly to top of the embankment.

Courtesy of Jen Schmidt

Cars and a limo are submerged in a condo parking lot in Wheeling.

courtesy of Ryan Kast

High tide in Mt. Prospect!

Courtesy of Matt Dempsey

Flooding at Sandpebble Walk condo complex in Wheeling.

Courtesy of Ryan Kast

Flooding at Sandpebble Walk condo complex in Wheeling.

Courtesy of Ryan Kast

Flooding at Sandpebble Walk condo complex in Wheeling.

Courtesy of Ryan Kast

The geese were quite happy with the flooding in this parking lot in the Business Center Drive area in Mount Prospect. The trekked over from a nearby pond to check out the new swimming area.

Courtesy of Ajaib Randhava

The Madden family's backyard along McDonald Creek in Prospect Heights was completely flooded as of Saturday morning.

Courtesy of the Madden family

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The Madden family found a pond in their backyard along McDonald Creek in Prospect Heights after it was completely flooded by the storms.

Courtesy of the Madden family

Adam Russell shot this picture of flooding Saturday morning in Recreation Park in Arlington Heights.

Courtesy of Adam Russell

Gallery posted: 7/24/2011 12:01 AM

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Flooded streets, parking lots and basements, submerged vehicles, delays in air travel and lightning-sparked fires all struck the North, Northwest and West suburbs throughout the day. And our readers were out in force documenting the aftermath.
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