Flooding in Central Illinois
A tractor-trailer lies capsized next to a Jasper County road on Aug. 2, 2022, after flash floods. Emily Hays/Illinois Public Media
Significant parts of Illinois were under flash flood warnings yesterday morning. Some places recorded at least three inches of rain in an hour, and in Decatur people had to be rescued from cars that were stalled in flooded underpasses. All this comes after the St. Louis area set a daily rainfall record amid heavy flooding late last month.
Illinois Public Media's Emily Hays has been reporting on the aftermath of the central Illinois storms. She joined us after traveling yesterday to Newton in Jasper County, where the area saw as much as 14 inches of rain in the span of 12 hours.
Guest:
Emily Hays • @amihatt
Reporter, Illinois Public Media