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Chicago Floods

An abandoned car bobs in standing water under an overpass Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Chicago. Blasts of torrential rain and widespread flooding forced authorities to shut segments of major expressways, and hundreds of flights were scrapped. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

Chicago was drenched this past weekend and many Chicagoans are dealing flooded basements and water damage

Chicago received torrential rainfall leaving entire blocks submerged underwater in parts of the city.

Reset speaks with an atmospheric scientist and other experts, as well as Chicagoans affected by the storm.

GUEST: Scott Collis, atmospheric scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, Katie Pratt, Ravenswood resident, Camila Pechous, Portage Park Resident, Michael Roper, Owner, Hopleaf bar and restaurant, Mary Pat McGuire, director, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Water Lab

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