Flooding in Chicago is getting worse. Here's why.

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date April 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated April 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/environment/2026/04/10/flooding-chicago-climate-change-deep-tunnel-mold-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-soaked

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In a little-noticed memo early last year, Illinois scientists made a dire prediction. “Bulletin 76,” a communication from University of Illinois researchers, warned that intense rain made worse by climate change was going to get a lot more severe in the next 25 years. “What is considered safe and ...