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CHICAGO — Standing water on Chicago-area expressways turned what should have been an easy Saturday morning drive into a soggy, snarled mess after heavy rains across the Midwest closed roads and stranded residents.
In Chicago, officials say more than 7 inches of rain fell Saturday, inundating the sewer system and overwhelming waterways. West of Chicago in suburban Westchester, crews in boats were searching for people stranded in their flooded homes or trapped in cars under viaducts.
In eastern Iowa, the Lake Delhi dam failed as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen dam, causing water to drop 45 feet to the river and threatening the small town of Hopkinton.
