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

Northwest Chicago and suburbs saw as much as 5 inches of rain in a matter of hours

Chicago Floods
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green
Chicago Floods
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

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

Northwest Chicago and suburbs saw as much as 5 inches of rain in a matter of hours

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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