Heavy rains flood Chicago roads and force NASCAR to cut short a downtown street race
Heavy rains have flooded Chicago streets and forced the cancellation of a NASCAR race set to run through the city's downtown CHICAGO -- Heavy rains flooded Chicago streets Sunday, trapping cars and forcing NASCAR officials to cancel the last half of an Xfinity Series race set to run through the city's downtown. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for multiple counties in the Chicago area, saying up to 6 inches of rain had already fallen in suburban Cicero and Berwyn by midday. The NWS website warned the flood ing could be “life-threatening” through 3 p.m., with numerous impassable roads , overflowing creeks and streams and flood ed basements. The Illinois State Police said portions of Interstate 55 and Interstate 290 have been closed because of flooding, with at least 10 cars trapped in water on Interstate 55 near Pulaski Road, a major north-south thoroughfare in the city, WLS-TV reported. Trains were stopped in some parts of the city as well. NASCAR off...