Images: Monday scenes of flooding along Fox and Des Plaines Rivers
See cleanup and images of flooding Monday from the suburbs. As flooding from the Des Plaines River continued its slow retreat, the focus shifted west to the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River, where crests had threatened to overwhelm water-weary residents.
The Marriott Lincolnshire has been closed due to the Des Plaines River flooding. The resort has announced they will open Tuesday, July 18.
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Nick Zigante of Johnsburg helps filling sandbags with other volunteers even with an injured arm at the Community Garden parking lot during flooding in Fox Lake on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Karen Burt walks along Kings Road from her home during flooding in Fox Lake on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Grand Avenue is closed after flooding in Fox Lake on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
A boat is washed up into a backyard after flooding in Fox Lake on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
A truck drives through high water on Kings Road after flooding in Fox Lake on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Bob Paganucci explains how he can not get to his home on Park Avenue due to flooding in Fox Lake on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The Algonquin dam is barely distinguishable as the Fox River level continues to rise Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Gina Kietzmann puts sandbags down on her flooded back yard along the Fox River in Algonquin Monday in hopes of keeping her border rocks from washing away in her garden.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A home on Winaki Trail in Algonquin is surrounded by water Monday as the flooded Fox River prepares to crest.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
John Vanantwerp talks to a passerby Monday from his front porch on La Fox River Drive in Algonquin Monday. Vanantwerp, who has lived there for 35 years, was keeping an eye on the pipe he ran in to his front yard from his sump pump.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Water from the Fox River starts to creep up on to La Fox River Drive in Algonquin Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Water from the Fox River starts to creep up on to La Fox River Drive in Algonquin Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Austin Settipani, 13, takes advantage of flooding at Taly Park in St. Charles to do some fishing about 100 yards away from the usual Fox River bank.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Most of Taly Park in St. Charles near the Fox River is underwater Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A man on a bicycle makes his way along Hawthorne Lane near Big Bend Drive in Des Plaines Monday.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
A vehicle passes through a flooded Big Bend Drive in Des Plaines Monday.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
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