Some people are still cleaning up Monday after record rainfall poured for hours Sunday, shutting down roads, stranding drivers and flooding basements.
Flooded viaducts continued to cause trouble overnight. On the West Side, in the 4600-block of West Roosevelt Road, cars were stranded after trying to make it through with several feet of water still in the roadway.
At one point Sunday at least seven vehicles and their passengers were trapped in a flooded viaduct near I-290 at 5th Avenue and Cicero Avenue."I went and my car just started floating, and I said, 'Oh, snap.' So, my first reaction was to try and get out of the car. I opened the door, and the water started flooding my feet," Fisher said.
The Chicago River flooded over its banks, forcing the city to shut down the Riverwalk. The city even reversed the flow of the Chicago River, sending the water out to Lake Michigan to help reduce the flooding.There was a
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