The sensors, which are being deployed over the next 18 months, use sonar technology to detect when water levels rise and ...

Damaging storms brought heavy rain that flooded roadways overnight, especially on the city's Southwest Side that saw flooding ...

A new initiative recently launched in Chicago is striving to predict urban flooding. Verizon, in conjunction with Chicago's ...

The stormy weather comes as heat and humidity was expected to near or peak this afternoon, with "feels-like" temperatures ...

Parts of the Chicago area were inundated by nearly six inches of rain in mere hours overnight, causing flash flooding across ...

A flash flood watch is in effect until midnight Wednesday in Cook, DuPage and Will counties, plus some parts of northwest ...

It was a busy weekend in the weather department with several rounds of storms and areas of flooding. While most of ...

Verizon and startup Hyfi partnered with the city on a network of sensors that will detect flooding as it happens.

Homes and streets are flooded in parts of the Chicago area on Tuesday after storms brought heavy downpours to the city and ...

Beginning shorty after 9 p.m., lightning began flashing and thunder began rolling in downtown Chicago, as pouring rain began ...

Spaces transformed to address heavy rains in neighborhoods vulnerable to flooding, particularly on the South and West sides.

Recovery and lessons learned As Chicago begins to recover from Tuesday’s flooding event, city crews are working to assess any damage to infrastructure and clear debris from affected areas.