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  2. July 2023 Chicago Area Flood - Wikipedia

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    The July 2023 Chicago Area Flood was caused by a heavy rainfall that occurred on July 2, 2023, in the Chicago Metropolitan Area of northeastern Illinois. Rainfall up to 9.0 inches (23 cm) occurred over an 18-hour period; the majority occurred from early in the morning to late in the afternoon. [ 1 ]

  3. Risk of Illinois dam breach is under control after once-in-a ...

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    On July 26, 2022, a secondary dam on the city reservoir was breached after over four inches of rain fell near Nashville in less than 12 hours, causing a 6-foot breach and flooding nearly 40 acres ...

  4. Climate change in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    This same article notes that in the future, Illinois is likely to experience greater hazards from human-caused climate change, including heaving precipitation and higher flooding, large algae blooms on Lake Michigan, a longer growing season, but higher temperatures, which will offset the benefits of the longer season, higher levels of ground ...

  5. American Bottom - Wikipedia

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    The American Bottom region is bordered by tall bluffs such as this one, rising near Dupo, Illinois.This waterfall is called Falling Springs. The American Bottom is the flood plain of the Mississippi River in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, south to the Kaskaskia River.

  6. Disaster proclaimed in St. Clair County. Flooding in ... - AOL

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    Mascoutah and Belleville fire departments are on the scene of an area near Illinois Route 158 and Keck Road for a water rescue, according to the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency. 11:46 ...

  7. Dam failures force hundreds to evacuate as Illinois floods ...

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    Two failures of the Nashville Reservoir dam in Illinois amidst intense flooding Tuesday have led officials to urge residents in nearly 300 homes to evacuate. ... The water in the woman's home was ...

  8. Live updates: Caseyville nursing home evacuated. Flooding ...

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    Flooding caused the Little Canteen Creek Levee to breach in several places, forcing others in the nearby neighborhood to leave their homes too. Here is the latest on Tuesday’s flooding.

  9. Chicago flood - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...