Articles filed under Flooding
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How to pay for drainage upgrades in flood-prone areas an issue in Lake ZurichApr 25, 2014 5:15 am - Lake Zurich board may charge new utility fee
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A year after floods, suburban homeowners ready to let homes goApr 18, 2014 5:00 am - When Heather and Matthew Roppel were told early last year that their Des Plaines home was eligible for a voluntary federal flood buyout program, they were among the firs...
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Blarney Island being raised above Chain flood levelsApr 18, 2014 5:00 am - When floodwaters crested on the Chain O' Lakes a year ago, Blarney Island owner Rob Hardman said the only place he was able to walk inside the century-old Grass Lake tav...
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Memories of Lisle flood 'nightmare' vivid a year laterApr 17, 2014 5:15 am - If the sound of rain ever was calming to Debra Schulz of Lisle, it sure isn't now. It hasn't been for the past year. Because a year ago Friday, Schulz and thousands acr...
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Flooding survivor near East Dundee isn't movingApr 17, 2014 5:15 am - In the year since firefighters rescued Barrie Komorski and her dog from their flooded house near East Dundee, Komorski hasn't had the best of luck. On Christmas Day of ...
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Support rising for couple with flood-ravaged mobile homeApr 17, 2014 5:15 am - When a comedian mentions a trailer park, it's usually as part of a mocking punch line. Not for Dan Whalen. The Des Plaines salesman and former amateur comic organized an...
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Editorial: $200 million later, flood still hurtsApr 17, 2014 5:00 am - It's been a year since a wall of water hit Des Plaines when the Des Plaines River crested at a record high level of 10.92 feet. It's been a year since the Fox River spil...
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Isabella area sewer work delayed to 2015Apr 09, 2014 1:00 am - Work on the Isabella sewer improvement project will have to be delayed until next year, due to the recent severe weather, Mount Prospect Public Works Director Sean Dorse...
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Fermi hosts annual seminar on severe weather, climate changeApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - Ideally, there would have been lightning and gale-force winds blowing over the particle accelerator at Fermilab Saturday, but sunny skies didn't deter hundreds of meteor...
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Suburbs hit with flood insurance rate increasesMar 30, 2014 8:00 am - This story has been updated to reflect that Joliet is located near the Des Plaines River. Cheryl Brady has lived in her Wheeling home for the past 15 years, and tho...