Jeff Bonty
jbonty@daily-journal.com
Major flooding took hold of Watseka on Wednesday.
Time will tell if it has the makings of a January 2008 flood that led to more than 500 residents evacuated and 230 homes evacuated.
"It's rising quickly," Iroquois Management Agency Coordinator Eric Ceci said.
Ceci said the levels he saw late Wednesday afternoon were above those from the 2016 flood and matched those from the 2008 flood.
The county's emergency operation center opened ...
Jeff Bonty
jbonty@daily-journal.com
Major flooding took hold of Watseka on Wednesday.
Time will tell if it has the makings of a January 2008 flood that led to more than 500 residents evacuated and 230 homes evacuated.
"It's rising quickly," Iroquois Management Agency Coordinator Eric Ceci said.
Ceci said the levels he saw late Wednesday afternoon were above those from the 2016 flood and matched those from the 2008 flood.
The county's emergency operation center opened ...
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