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Storms Cause Delay and Potential Flooding

By Tim State in News on Apr 26, 2009 9:45PM

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Image by Timothy State.

This weekend’s weather is wreaking havoc all over the place. More than 100 flights at O’Hare were cancelled due to the weather. Delays averaged more than two hours yesterday. As of this morning, the Aviation Department had not reported any delays for today.

Along the Des Plaines River, a flood advisory remains in effect until tomorrow, Monday, morning. Earlier this morning, the river was at 5.1 feet, and with today’s forecast rain, was expected to rise to 6.1 feet. Flood stage is 7 feet.

More thunderstorms are expected to return tonight, after 1 a.m. [S-T, S-T]