Saturday flooding photos
Water runs and pools on the pavement outside the Campton Township Highway Department in Lily Lake on Saturday morning.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Des Plaines resident Mike Parcelli and his son Anthony make their way back home down Cora Street after preparing sandbags.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Roger Wodek surveys the Des Plaines River, which is directly behind his Big Bend Drive home in Des Plaines. He says the water is rising about four inches an hour.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Cautionary "Water on Pavement" signs along Route 31 in South Elgin didn't slow everybody drivers down.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
An eastbound Touhy Avenue driver at I-294 sprays a wall of water.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Patricia McIlroy walks her dogs, Uri and Finn to inspect the flooding of Main St. and Central Park near her home in Wheaton.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
Centennial Park ice hockey rinks melted during Saturday's rain storm in Naperville.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
Heavy fog blankets Elburn and surrounding areas due to the warm temperatures, melting snow and falling rain. Visibility was extremely low.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Central Park flooded Saturday in Wheaton .
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
Des Plaines resident Mike Parcelli and his son Anthony, left, fill sandbags from a load of sand dumped in the Christ Church parking lot at Cora and Henry.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
The massive snow melt caused S.E.B.A. Park in South Elgin to flood. The Fox River, seen in background, is high and fast-moving, but has not spilled into the park yet.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Dense fog covers parts of Kane County Saturday afternoon, making visibility bad here on Route 47 in Lily Lake.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Main St. in Wheaton was closed Saturday due to flooding.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
An eastbound Touhy Ave. driver at Interstate 294 sprays a wall of water towards other drivers, as snow quickly melts causing area flooding.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Adam Koehl, 11, of Boy Scout Troop 56 moves a heavy sandbag off to the side at the Campton Township Highway Department in Lily Lake on Saturday morning.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Rick Overstreet, assistant troop leader for Boy Scout Troop 46, helps haul filled sandbags to the pile outside the Campton Township Highway Department in Lily Lake Saturday .
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Fog shrouds the corner of Lillian Street and McLean Boulevard in Elgin Saturday.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
A driver could not avoid this large puddle on Washington Street just east of downtown Fox Lake.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Silverleaf Blvd. flooded Saturday in Carol Stream.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
Assistant Troop Leader Jeff Koehl from Troop 56 helps Boy Scout Jack Lindberg, 13, fill sandbags outside the Campton Township Highway Department.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Properties along Geneva Rd. flooded Saturday near Winfield.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
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