God Willing And The Creek Don't Rise

Seven Illinois counties have been declared disaster zones, and at least four people died in the Chicagoland area as a result of flooding this weekend. The American Red Cross has opened additional shelters on the Northwest Side, and clean-up efforts are already underway. [WBBM, Trib, AP]

Images of the massive, destructive flooding in Albany Park this weekend by Laura Gray.

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[1] | dopplerd

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?05536105

Wow! The normally sedate North Branch of the Chicago River is pushing over 22,000 gallons a second. That's an average suburban pool in a second!

Reply | September 15, 2008 3:44 PM

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[2] | fed up

George Bush dont care about middle class white people

Reply | September 15, 2008 8:04 PM

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[3] | Navin

That's true fed.

Reply | September 16, 2008 2:50 PM

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