An afternoon filled with showers and thunderstorms culminated in vital flooding Sunday night as rain overflowed the Chicago River and rendered some native roadways impassable. Nearly 3 inches of rain had fallen through 11 p.m. Sunday, and even though the worst of the storms have handed, a flood caution stays in impact till 1 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service mentioned. “The water is only going to continue to rise even after the rain stops because the ground is so heavily saturated — the water has nowhere to go,” climate provider meteorologist Matt Friedlein mentioned. The Chicago River might be noticed spilling over its banks Sunday night, submerging the Riverwalk in some spots, and meteorologists be expecting the