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Dozens of school playgrounds across Chicago aren't just a fun place for children. They're also designed to help address the ...
Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha says that 11 campers and a camp counselor are still missing after powerful floods inundated ...
The Chicago River rose six feet (2 meters) during the storm, forcing workers to close a series of locks and reverse the river’s flow from west to east into Lake Michigan to prevent more flooding ...
Flood cleanup in Cicero after more than 8 inches of rain 02:07. UPDATE (7/5/2023): The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District provided additional background on the decision to reverse the flow of ...
Search and rescue teams in Central Texas are looking for an unknown number of missing people Saturday after devastating flash ...
Chicago’s struggle with chronic flooding begins with its location. The city was built on a swamp, and storm runoff has become more difficult to manage as the region has been paved over during ...
Researchers working to help Chicago's flooding response 02:39. Dr. Rao Kotamarthi is part of that team, as science director at the Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science.
Heavy rains that flooded Chicago neighborhoods, rendered freeways impassable and wreaked havoc on NASCAR street races downtown Sunday are serving as stark reminders of urban centers ...