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The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning on Sunday for part of northeastern Illinois, including Chicago's northern metro area, after heavy rains flooded viaducts, stranded cars, and sent water surging into people's basements.

"I went down to the basement and everything was fine," said longtime Chicago homeowner Robert Daly. "Twenty minutes later, our basement was flooded and water was cascading out of the toilet onto the floor in our basement – our finished basement."

Chicago residents shared photos and videos on social media of cars partially submerged beneath underpasses and plumes of water shooting up from sidewalks.

Even after the heaviest rain had ended by around 11 a.m. CT, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned that roads would remain flooded until the water receded.

Extreme rainfall events have increased in recent years, according to Chicago's water management office.

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