More than 700 flights canceled in Chicago due to storms
Posted September 27, 2019 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 700 flights have been canceled in Chicago while severe thunderstorms raked portions of Illinois.
WMAQ-TV reported O'Hare International Airport reported 656 flight cancellations by late Friday afternoon and Midway Airport reported another 65. Delays of nearly an hour and a half also were reported at O'Hare.
The (Peoria) Journal-Star reported firefighters in that city rescued two people from their homes, one with at least 2 feet (0.6 meters) of standing water.
The National Weather Service says more than 2 inches of rain fell in an hour at Pontiac Airport in Livingston in south central Illinois.
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