CHICAGO (WLS) -- Heavy rain fell across the Chicago area Monday night and Tuesday morning. In DeKalb County, some people had to pump the water out and in Lockport, just as flood waters receded, ...

Nearly 1.9 inches of rain fell at O'Hare, with 3 to 4 inches reported in parts of southern Cook County into Lake County, Indiana, said the National Weather Service.

The evacuations on Hatteras Island and Ocracoke came at the height of tourist season on the thin stretch of low-lying barrier islands that jut into the Atlantic Ocean and are increasingly vulnerable ...