CHICAGO (AP) — Heavy rains across the Midwest have flooded parts of Chicago interstates and commuter tracks and put a big hole in a dam in Iowa.
In Chicago, officials say more than 7 inches of rain fell early yesterday, inundating the sewer system and overwhelming waterways.
West of Chicago in suburban Westchester, crews in boats searched for people who were stranded in their flooded homes or trapped in cars under viaducts.
In eastern Iowa, the Lake Delhi dam failed as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River (meh-KOHK'-eh-tuh) ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen structure. The water poured into the river 45 feet below, threatening the small town of Hopkinton.
Jack Klaus, a spokesman with the Delaware County emergency management office, predicts "significant losses of property" in Hopkinton.
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