Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory

Good morning, Chicago.

For the second time in four days, severe thunderstorms swept through parts of Chicago and suburban Cicero on Wednesday, dumping another 1 to 2 inches of rainfall on neighborhoods still trying to recover from Sunday’s downpour.

According to the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, the city’s 311 service received more than 2,800 complaints related to basement, street and viaduct flooding throughout the day Wednesday and as of 11 a.m. Thursday. Nearly 2,100 of those were service requests related to water in the basement.

Some pockets of the metro area saw up to 3 inches of rain, said National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Kluber. But for those unfortunate enough to have gotten caught outside, it likely looked similar to the 3 to 7 inches of rain that hit the city and suburbs over the weekend because the soil is still waterlogged.

Read the full story from the Tribune’s Adriana Pérez and Laura Rodríguez Presa.

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