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Here is a list of closures based on reports from local officials: O’Fallon area Main Street was closed at West Highway 50 in O’Fallon due to flooding, according to a St. Clair County Emergency ...
The state’s road closure map showed Illinois 159 at Douglas Avenue and Illinois 177 to Illinois 161 at Loop Creek were closed at 3 p.m. ... on social media that many roads were closed due to ...
SKOKIE, Ill. – A massive water main break inundated a snow-laden neighborhood in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois, on Friday, flooding homes and cars and causing a frozen mess. FOX 32 ...
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 ...
Floodwaters from the Chicago River entered Lake Michigan after the Chicago Harbor Lock was opened to "reverse" the river (back to the original flow direction), sending untreated sewage mixed with rain water into the lake. Due to the large number of structures impacted by flooding, the event was declared an Illinois state disaster area on July ...
The Illinois State Police said parts of Interstate 55 and Interstate 290 have been closed because of flooding, with at least 10 cars trapped in water on Interstate 55 near Pulaski Road, a major ...
Aerial view of Phase II of the McCook Reservoir under construction in 2023. The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (abbreviated TARP and more commonly known as the Deep Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan by diverting ...
4:06 p.m. More road closures. Main Street was closed at West Highway 50 in O’Fallon due to flooding, according to the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency. The agency also said Illinois ...