Images: Flooding in the Suburbs on Sunday
Des Plaines Public Works trucks pass by stranded vehicles along Rand Road after flooding along the Des Plaines River Sunday.
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Barbara Joan Boudette points out the height of water which has receded in front of one of the Towers of Four Lakes Buildings in Lisle. All first floor windows are boarded up in an effort to prevent looting.
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The mode of transportation around Des Plaines neighborhoods is by canoe as Vic Kamka, center, talks to neighbors after flooding along the Des Plaines River Sunday.
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The streets of downtown Gurnee are underwater after flooding along the Des Plaines River Sunday.
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Lisle residents like those along Southport St. continue to battle the effects of this past weeks flooding.
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A bridge connecting areas of Four Lakes at East Lake Drive and Four Lakes Avenue is closed.
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A truck is wedged on top of a rock along East Lake Drive at Four Lakes in Lisle, whose residents continue to battle the effects of this past weeks flooding.
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Four Lakes resident Barbara Joan Boudette talks about the volume and velocity of water which engulfed many Lisle residents, who continue to battle the effects of this past weeks flooding. There is only one road in and out of her side of the complex.
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The Four Lakes Area beneath the ski hill remains submerged, as Lisle residents continue to battle the effects of this past weeks flooding.
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Bicyclists peddle past a fast-moving Fox River Sunday in South Elgin.
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Water is over the bank and touching benches near the South Elgin dam on the Fox River Sunday.
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Floodwaters cover Arbor Lane on the Fox River near Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park in Algonquin Sunday.
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A sign for fisherman is almost underwater on the Fox River Sunday in Algonquin.
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