Residents across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana will also wake up Monday morning to widespread freezing conditions.
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Chicago Tribune

Intense storms in Illinois last week fed rivers that will crest starting Monday

Beginning a week ago, what the local National Weather Service office called “an incredibly active stretch of weather” — including record-breaking rainfall and large hail — culminated Friday with more than a dozen tornadoes across northern and central Illinois. As water levels in area rivers kept rising over the weekend, the ripple effects of the severe storms are continuing into this week.

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