Images: Record rainfall hits suburbs
Mark Mesa, left, and Jorge Avina, carry out carpet from Mesas brothers basement in Mt. Prospect Saturday morning. They have been cleaning the 6 inches of water from the basement since about five this morning. Bill Mesa said this is the first time his basement has flooded during a storm like this.
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Flooding on eastbound Touhy Road caused a traffic jam right before the train tracks in Des Plaines Saturday morning.
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Semi-trucks were about the only vehicle able to make it through the flooding on Landmeir Rd in Des Plaines Saturday morning. The road had been closed off at Elmhurst Road because of excessive water on the street.
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Mark Mesa, pulls up carpet after 6 inches of water flooded his the basement of his brother Bills house in Mt. Prospect Saturday morning. Bill said this was the first time his basement had ever flooded like this during a storm.
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Bill Mesa, sweeps the water out of his step-daughters room after 6 inches of water flooded his Mt. Prospect home on Saturday. Mesa had started the cleaning efforst at 5 this morning and was later joined by his brothers to help rip up carpeting and vacuum the water.
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Elmhurst Road was closed from Alqonquin Road to Dempster Road due to excecssive water on the streets. Cars had been abandoned because they had gotten stuck in the water.
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A Grand Marquix had been abandoned in the parking lot of Avantis on Elmhurst Road after the storm from Friday night.
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The parking lots for Fiesta Market and Avantis at 1902 S. Elmhurst Road were closed Saturday morning due to extreme flooding from the storm the night before.
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Arturo Manldonado, left, and Daniel Beltran, both from Elk Grove have a water fight on the closed off Landmeir Road in Des Plaines Saturday morning. Landmeir Road at Elmhurst Road had been closed because of excessive water. The street was impassable to anything other than semi trucks.
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Daniel Beltran, from Elk Grove, walks knee deep in water on Landmeir Road Saturday morning. Landmeir Road right at Elmhurst Road had been closed off because of excessive water from the previous nights storm.
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A backyard in Des Plaines is completely submerged after a downpour early Saturday morning that saw some suburban areas get as much as 6 inches of rain.
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Floodwaters covered virtually the entire parking lot of International Plaza on Golf Road in Arlington Heights Saturday morning.
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Floodwaters covered virtually the entire parking lot of International Plaza on Golf Road in Arlington Heights Saturday morning.
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On what would normally be a busy shopping day, Young Yu, left, and Pil Jung of the Go Center shop look at the flooded parking lot of the International Plaza in Arlington Heights Saturday.
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A car is surrounded by flood water in the International Plaza parking lot on Golf Road just east of Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights Saturday.
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A vehicle is stranded in flood water at the International Plaza parking lot on Golf Road just east of Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights Saturday.
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Restaurant owner Young Joung clears debris left by flooding at the International Plaza in Arlington Heights Saturday.
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A pedestrian walks past the flooded parking lot at the International Plaza in Arlington Heights Saturday.
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