Area Recovering After Heavy Rains Bring Flooding

AND NOW A FOLLOW UP ON THE STORY WE BROUGHT YOU YESTERDAY IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS WHERE RAIN WASHED OUT STREETS AND TRAPPED PEOPLE IN CARS. TODAY THEY ARE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE ] NBC 5’S CHRISTIAN FARR JOINS US LIVE IN NORTHWEST SUBURBAN ADDISON WITH MORE :00:12 – NATS OF WATER RUSHING FROM “ADDISON 1” CLIP ((FARR TRACK)) THE WATER ROSE QUICKLY WITHOUT WARNING. SOT FROM CHAD ZIPPMANN/HELPING NEICE AND SISTER FROM “BRIAN” CLIP :19:25:47 – :50 “IT WAS COMING DOWN SO FAST IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A SHOWER.” ((FARR TRACK)) AND THOSE FLOOD WATERS NOT ONLY AFFECTED HOMES….. SOT FROM CAROL WHITAKER/ADDISON RESIDENT FROM “BRIAN” CLIP :19:30:20 – :30:24 “IT WAS COMING UP THRU THE DRAINS OF THE SHOWER…LAUNDRY ROOM DRAIN.” :00:33 — NATS OF CAR RESCUE FROM “VILLA PARK FLOODING” CLIP ((FARR TRACK)) ….IT ALSO TRAPPED PEOPLE INSIDE OF THEIR CARS. PHONER SOT FROM LIZ FROM “ADDISON PHONER” CLIP (GRAPHIC) :01:14 – :17 “IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD. I COULDN’T SEE ANYTHING.” ((FARR TRACK)) LIZ COLLETTI POSTED THESE PHOTOS TO TWITTER, AFTER ALMOST BECOMING TRAPPED IN THE FLOODING IN ADDISON….NOT FAR FROM WOODLAND AVENUE AND GREEN RIDGE STREET….WHICH EXPERIENCED EXTREME FLOODING. PHONER SOT FROM LIZ FROM “ADDISON PHONER” CLIP (GRAPHIC) :02:05 – :11 “I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE GET OUT OF MY CAR…THOUGHT I WAS GOING FLOAT…LUCKILY THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN.” :01:45 – NATS OF SOMONE SAYING “THIS SIDE SO SOMEONE CAN HELP HIM” FROM VILLA PARK FLOODING” CLIP ((FARR TRACK)) IN NEARBY, VILLA PARK PEOPLE DID BECOME TRAPPED AND HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR CARS. CHAD ZIPPMANN’S NIECE ENDED UP GETTING HER CAR STUCK IN FLOODING AS SHE RACED TO HIS SISTER’S ADDISON HOME TO HELP STOP THE WATER FROM POURING IN. SOT FROM CHAD ZIPPMANN/HELPING NEICE AND SISTER FROM “BRIAN” CLIP – SUPER :19:26:50 – :58 “THERE WAS WATER IN THE CUP HOLDERS…I DON’T THINK SO IT HAS BEEN DRYING OUT SINCE LAST NIGHT.” SOT FROM TONY WHITAKER/ADDISON RESIDENT FROM “BRIAN” CLIP – SUPER :19:31:28 – :31:35 “IT’S A SITUATION….FLOODS BACKS UP.” ((FARR TRACK)) THE WHITAKERS SAY SEWAGE WATER POURED INTO THEIR HOME, AFTER THEIR DRAINS STARTED TO BACK UP. THEY FELT THEY HAD FULLY PROTECTED THE HOME THAT THEY HAVE LIVED IN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS FROM FLOODING…BUT NOW THIS COUPLE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. SOT FROM CAROL WHITAKER/ADDISON RESIDENT FROM “BRIAN” CLIP – SUPER :19:30:59 – :31:05 “THIS LEVEL WE ARE KIND OF HANDS TIED WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE BACK UP OF THE SEWERS. I FEEL LIKE THAT COMES FROM THE VILLAGE.”