Articles filed under Flooding
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Lake County in line for about $100 million in flood mitigation fundsMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - The state likely will foot the bill for about $150 million of capital projects in Lake County - including about $100 million in flood mitigation. The funds come from a c...
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Lincolnshire board to review report on floodingMay 24, 2020 1:00 am - The Lincolnshire village board will meet remotely in a committee-of-the-whole session Tuesday to review a consultant's report about the village's notorious stormwater dr...
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Flooded roads in HampshireMay 23, 2020 1:00 am - Saturday night's heavy rain caused water to swell over the banks of the Coon Creek, causing significant flooding at the intersection of Route 72 and State Street in down...
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Mount Prospect's Burning Bush detention area put to the test earlyMay 21, 2020 1:00 am - Mount Prospect has yet to see the completion of the flood relief project at Burning Bush Trails Park. But Public Works Director Sean Dorsey told the village board this w...
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Thousands evacuated as river dams break in central MichiganMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - MIDLAND, Mich. - Floodwaters have overtaken dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people from communities in central Michigan, where the governor warned that Do...
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Another year, another record May rainfall: Where the flooding persistsMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - The weekend deluge that caused widespread flooding throughout the Chicago area also pushed the region to a record May rainfall for the third consecutive year. And, while...
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Major flooding along Des Plaines, DuPage, Fox riversMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Residents across the suburbs spent Monday bailing out basements and navigating around impassable roads after a wet weekend overwhelmed local waterways and challenged flo...
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National Weather Service warns of flooding along Des Plaines RiverMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - As heavy rains poured down on the region throughout the day, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the entire Chicago area Sunday and warned of r...
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Flash flood warning in effect through morningMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - The U.S. National Weather Service office in Chicago has issued a flash flood watch in effect through Friday morning. The flash flood watch includes Cook, DuPage and Kane...
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Potential redevelopment changes roadwork plan in NapervilleMay 11, 2020 5:30 am - The streets around the Little Friends campus in Naperville have been removed from a resurfacing project because of potential redevelopment of the property. The city of ...