Elgin Braces For Potential Flooding
April showers are generating frayed nerves in Elgin, which is on alert for potential flooding. CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman paid a visit.
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April showers are generating frayed nerves in Elgin, which is on alert for potential flooding. CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman paid a visit.
Downstate Illinois cities and towns along the Mississippi River are bracing for moderate to major flooding this season, but officials have learned lessons from the disaster in 2008.
The beautiful weather last week and earlier this weekend is but a memory now, as blasting winds and bone-chilling rain settle on the area.
Thunderstorms are expected to move into the Chicago area Sunday night, prompting a flood advisory.
Government forecasters say spring flooding is already beginning and the worst is yet to come. There's a 95% chance of severe flooding up in Saint Paul, Minn.
One of the Chicago area's most opulent mansions is now uninhabitable.
A trucker ran over a fire hydrant in the Bridgeport neighborhood on Tuesday, leading to several water main breaks, with water flowing into several streets and flooding some nearby basements.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms overnight might be a sign that spring is near, until it turns to snow about 24 hours later.
As what remains of the blizzard snow melts on this springlike day, there is a warning that the sewers can easily get plugged up.
Students at northwest suburban high school were sent home early Wednesday due to flooding in a portion of the building.
Steve Patterson with the Cook County Sheriff's Department says a construction crew working near the jail hit a fire hydrant line and 4 to 5 feet of water came gushing into the basement of intake.
The weather was springlike this New Year's Eve, but the skies were volatile, as rain and thunder erupted over the course of the day.
The Chicago region's snowfall could spell disaster for some communities if it melts too quickly.
Organizers of an annual Cook County clothing drive are scrambling to find more donations after a basement flood destroyed boxes of items.
It's been four months since monsoon rains crippled much of Pakistan. Despite lasting devastation there, the world's attention has been largely focused on other disasters. Chicago's Pakistani-American community would like to change that. CBS 2's Jim Williams reports.
The deadline is Nov. 17 for northern Illinois residents who wish to apply for disaster assistance for damages suffered from July 19 to Aug. 7.
Wednesday is the last day for northern Illinois residents who wish to apply for disaster assistance for damages suffered this summer.
The Professional Building at Rush University Medical Center will be closed for the day Monday, as maintenance crews clean up after a water main break.
Authorities say a water main break flooded part of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
