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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. Franklin Park, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Park is a village in Leyden Township (Cook County, Illinois, United States). The population was 18,467 at the 2020 census, up from 18,333 at the 2010 census. [ 2 ] It was named for real estate broker Lesser Franklin who bought acres of the area when it was a majority of farming fields.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Rising Mississippi River tests Iowa, Illinois flood barriers

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    The river is expected to crest at around 21.6 feet (6.6 meters) on Monday in the Quad-Cities area, where several neighboring cities sit along the Iowa-Illinois line. Some roads and parks near the ...

  6. Heavy rains flood Chicago roads and force NASCAR to cut short ...

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    Heavy rains flooded Chicago streets Sunday, trapping cars and forcing NASCAR officials to cancel the last half of an Xfinity Series race set to run through the city's downtown. ... Flood warnings ...

  7. How much damage did flooding cause in southwest IL ... - AOL

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    The streets that were closed at one point include: First, Second, Third, Cleveland, Centreville Avenue, Monroe, Washington, West Main at North Sixth, F Street, Douglas Avenue at Illinois Street ...

  8. Tunnel and Reservoir Plan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Belmont Avenue station - Wikipedia

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    Belmont Avenue (also known as Franklin Park – Belmont Avenue) is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Franklin Park, Illinois. The station is 15.8 miles (25.4 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line. [2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Belmont Avenue is in zone 2.