Bucktown Family Sues Construction Firm After Flooding Along 606 Trail
Walsh Construction blames the city sewer system. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
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Walsh Construction blames the city sewer system. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
Strong winds have been creating huge waves on Lake Michigan on Friday, with the National Weather Service predicting waves as high as 23 feet.
Rain fell steadily across the Chicago area Wednesday morning, and though the storm system has begun clearing out as it heads east, more rain could be on the way Wednesday evening.
Many suburban communities suffered water damage overnight, due to flash flooding from the heavy downpour of Monday night's storm. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports one of the hardest-hit areas was west suburban Bellwood, where floodwater surrounded many homes and inundated several streets.
Parts of the Eisenhower Expressway were closed for more than four hours and part of the CTA's Blue Line was shut down temporarily early Tuesday because of flooding from storms.
Governor Quinn signed a series of new laws are focusing attention on flooding and water safety in Illinois.
After a couple weeks which saw some torrential downpours, uprooted trees, and power outages from summer storms, a group from southwest suburban Midlothian was speaking out Thursday, because they're tired of their property repeatedly flooding.
Remember the storms last Monday? Some people on a stretch of Bloomindale say they're still cleaning up because of someone else's mistake. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
Flooding from Monday night's storm has forced a temporary delay on the project to renovate the Chicago Riverwalk downtown.
The I-190 entrance to O'Hare International Airport reopened Tuesday morning, after it was shut down for several hours at Mannheim Road when the viaduct flooded due to Monday night's storms.
Part of the Trump Tower flooded on Thursday, after a pipe burst while crews were testing the sprinkler system.
Road crews will be out on the Eisenhower Expressway on Wednesday to investigate what caused the roadway to flood so badly in west suburban Broadview, forcing authorities to close part of the interstate for more than seven hours.
A thunderstorm moved through the Chicago area Tuesday afternoon that brought flooding and funnel clouds in the western suburbs.
With more rain on the way the sandbags are out and concern is high about flooding in Libertyville. Some residents blame a state property bike path for increasing their risk of flooding.
Though some rain began moving through the Chicago area Wednesday morning, the worst of a damaging storm system headed east from Iowa and Missouri was passing well south of the city and suburbs.
These aren't the wetlands the North Chicago residents imagined: cars under water, condominiums flooded and a major mess to clean up after storms May 13. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports.
It's bound to be a busy morning at auto shops across the Chicago area, in the wake of powerful storms that brought large, damaging hail to the city and suburbs.
A Chicago fourth grader is raising money for flooding victims in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Residents of the Albany Park neighborhood have again raised concerns they could be the victims of flooding along the Chicago River if the city doesn't do something to address the problem.
A Lincolnwood family of five is okay today because a Lake County official happened upon them during when a street flooded Monday night in Lake Bluff.
Heavy rainfall from a series of thunderstorms that moved through the Chicago area on Monday and early Tuesday left several roads impassable, and many basements flooded, especially in the northern suburbs, where the rain was heaviest.
One year ago, an unrelenting storm system caused widespread flooding in the Chicago area. CBS 2's Chris Martinez reports.
Though an areal flood watch remains in effect until mid-afternoon for virtually all of northern Illinois, at least one official who monitors water levels in local rivers and streams said there's less risk than feared, thanks to less rain than originally forecast.
Although officials in the city and suburbs are watching the approaching storm, they're not sure what to expect.
Chicago area residents were rushing to get roofs clear of ice dams, and shovel ice and snow away from storm drains and catch basins on Wednesday, as the heavy snow cover continues to melt, with rain on the way.
