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Flooding spawned by as much as 5 inches of rain closed the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways this morning as a second wave of thunderstorms moves through the Chicago area.
The Edens Expressway was closed between Foster and Touhy avenues and between Winnetka and Willow roads, and the Eisenhower Expressway in both directions between North Avenue and York Road and westbound at Mannheim Road, Illinois State Police said. The southbound Kennedy Expressway was closed at Addison Street, police said.
The Kennedy was partially reopened by 7:40 a.m. but the Edens and the Eisenhower remained closed, according to the Illinois state police. Travel times during the morning rush were running at least two hours or longer in some areas.
Flooding along the Chicago River and across low-lying areas also closed parts of North Side thoroughfares: Foster Avenue between Pulaski and Central Park avenues, Petersen Avenue between Pulaski Road and Kedvale Avenue, and Elston Avenue at Kilpatrick Avenue.
On the South Side, flooding closed the intersection of 95th Street and Stony Island Avenue, with water reaching the roofs of cars. One man drove into the water and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, police said.
Also closed was 71st Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue under the Interstate 90 viaduct, and the intersection of 63rd Street and Dorchester Road. Water could be seen bubbling from manhole covers along Lower Wacker Drive.
Illinois State Police also reported standing water on Interstate 57 northbound at 167th Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway northbound at 87th Street. Toll road state police, covering interstates 88, 90, 294 and 355 reported no standing water as of about 5:40 a.m.
A sinkhole opened up this morning in the 9600 block of South Houston Avenue in the South Deering neighborhood on the Southeast Side, swallowing three cars. Officials would not say whether it was related to the weather.
In Libertyville, part of the high school building sunk a foot into the ground, according to the Fire Department. No one was injured, but the department had no other details. The school is located in the 700 block of Park Avenue in the northern suburb.
The Chicago Transit Authority was rerouting many of its buses because of flooding, particularly on roads near the river and under viaducts. Details about their reroutes are available on Twitter. Metra also listed delays or stopped trains on eight of its lines because of the weather or signal problems. Details are at their website.
The storms have also conceled and delayed hundreds of fights. At O'Hare International Airport, more than 300 flights have been canceled and more than 150 delayed. At Midway Airport, around 10 flights have been canceled and more than 40 delayed.
Lombard Acting Village President Bill Ware declared the town a disaster area and advised residents not to travel because of the number of cars stalled in flooded streets.
Glenbard High School District 87 and Lombard Elementary District 44 closed schools Thursday because of the weather.
The weather also forced road closures in suburban Aurora: Farnsworth Avenue between Indian Trail and Mountain Street, Broadway Avenue between Pierce Street and the post office, 75th between Ogden Avenue and Illinois Route 59, and South Eoloa Road between Montgomery Road and 87th Street.
More than 5.1 inches of rain fell in Yorkville in the last 24 hours, according to early reports provided by weather spotters to the National Weather Service. Just less than 4 inches fell in Streator. More than 2.2 inches was recorded in Waukegan and 2.14 inches fell in Aurora.
The Chicago Weather Center reported the following rainfall totals as of 7 a.m.: Wilmette 5.08 inches, Wheaton 4.91 inches, Hillside 4.81 inches, Elmhurst 4.60 inches.
Rain is expected to continue throughout the day, and the Des Plaines River is expected to reach record levels in Des Plaines and Riverside today, according to the weather service.
"It means the river over its banks in a lot of areas. . .when the river reaches its maximum height because of this rainfall event. That's expected to be at levels it hasn't reached before on record at Des Plaines and Riverside," he said. "Record levels."
The weather service said storms are expected to rake the area rain is expected to continue throughout the day, and that tornadoes were possible as far north as Kankakee to the Far South Side.
As a resident of the area I can confirm that the river the desplanes has indeed flooded two bridges cutting my families access to the school, and that there was a collapose at libertyville high school and several other places around the area. Thought some of you might be interested. World seems like it is going to hell O.o
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Yeah. It sank 1 foot into the ground and part of the roof broke due to the amount of water. I haven't gotten any confirmation, but thats what i have heard from the area. Seems like the world has definitely gone to hell.
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Yeah. It sank 1 foot into the ground and part of the roof broke due to the amount of water. I haven't gotten any confirmation, but thats what i have heard from the area. Seems like the world has definitely gone to hell.
Were people in it?
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Yeah. It sank 1 foot into the ground and part of the roof broke due to the amount of water. I haven't gotten any confirmation, but thats what i have heard from the area. Seems like the world has definitely gone to hell.
Were people in it?
No injuries. The school has been insuring no one gets near it. Though the art wing is completely submerged.
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djones520 wrote: We're getting dumped on down here in St. Louis. Wouldn't suprise me if we get a bit of flooding as well. Sounds crazy up there though.
Maybe not the world.
Certainly America seems to be having an poor week.
Good luck.
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djones520 wrote: We're getting dumped on down here in St. Louis. Wouldn't suprise me if we get a bit of flooding as well. Sounds crazy up there though.
Yup... getting numerous flooding reports now.
Is it going to stop anytime soon?
It's actually worse on this side of the river. The heavier precip is lining right up with us. We've gotten over 2" since like 8am.
djones520 wrote: We're getting dumped on down here in St. Louis. Wouldn't suprise me if we get a bit of flooding as well. Sounds crazy up there though.
Yup... getting numerous flooding reports now.
Is it going to stop anytime soon?
It's actually worse on this side of the river. The heavier precip is lining right up with us. We've gotten over 2" since like 8am.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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Just hit the little "-" button and zoom out to get a full idea of this storm system...
Not just Chicago getting it - half the fething continent is getting/going to get raped by this storm!
Parts of the US mid-west and northern Ontario are getting hammered with snow/freezing rain. Southern areas are getting pelted with heavy rains, high winds, severe thunder storms... It's like April thinks it's really March and that damn lion won't stop roaring!
A small cell moved over my area early this morning - one crack of thunder was so loud it shook my entire house, left my eardrums ringing and nearly made my one kitten crap itself.
And this isn't even the worst of it... Wait until the warmer temps finally hit Manitoba and the ice jams & thaws start flooding everything from north of Winterpeg down through the Mississippi!
You know it's bad when the yearly flood zones are starting to sand bag while it's still snowing!
But at least Yellowstone is good and quiet, so Hell's not happening just yet.
I just got back from putting up sand backs like two or three hours ago, the desplaines river literally flooded over. Our retinion ponds are almost full. And the county has activated its emergency action plan. Means I will be called out to put more bags out... Which is terrible because it means that this might break the storm record we had 9 years ago. Which was so bad that the roads to the school were blocked off, and we were quite literally an island.
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Asherian Command wrote: I just got back from putting up sand backs like two or three hours ago, the desplaines river literally flooded over. Our retinion ponds are almost full. And the county has activated its emergency action plan. Means I will be called out to put more bags out... Which is terrible because it means that this might break the storm record we had 9 years ago. Which was so bad that the roads to the school were blocked off, and we were quite literally an island.
Does that mean you can secede and claim independence?
mega_bassist wrote: Did anyone catch the slight snow flurries/snow this morning? I like how we went from 70's to the mid/low 30's in the course of a day...
Yup... also, don't forget sleet too... Got hammered for about 10 minutes of that in North County.
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djones520 wrote: Supposedly St. Louis got a record amount of rain fall.
On the east side of the river, we more then doubled that... We ended the event with about 5.5".
So today we're getting high winds and some rain, then by tonight it's turning to snow-rain showers we go from hitting 19 degrees today to all of 2 degrees with windchills tomorrow!
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