Flooding blocks viaducts and streets near 47th


Dispatch recording about severe flooding that has closed viaducts and streets. Callers report sewer geysers, many road closures, and at least one car trapped with two people inside. Requests made for fire units, rescue boats, and bus reroutes.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
03:13
Transcript:
726, what's up? We most likely will not be making it to each side. We're going to stop and block off the viaduct between 59th and 58th and Damon because that is extremely flooded as well. All right, I got you a 58, 59th in Damon blocking traffic. Okay. 30, (name withheld). 5130, (name withheld)? FYI, but I've got 47 in Damon, pretty bad as well. All right, 47 and Damon is bad. All ain't good. 4-7 in Northridge is just as bad. Yep, we got it on the board, too. We got 47 of Comar. Our... in that area. 33, what, about 70? Oh, we're down 6.9 Morgan's Wash. Get to rollboats out, y'all. 8.30. 8.30. Well, you can throw, I think, 70 was it? 76. Sorry, 76. and western on there you got big geysers shooting up from the sewers underneath the buy it out here oh wow okay 76 in western he's costing around there we got a flooding coming up through the sewers gross 735 735 go ahead can you get any on some on location if for most transport is a juvenile. 7158 on Walcott, we'll get a rolling for you. 114. 114. 114. 714. 714. Can you notify CT to reroute the buses. 55 and (name withheld). 5.5. 5.9. 2130. 50.130. I'm sorry. 47, right off of, a quick second. I have a car that's stuck, and I've got two passengers stuck in there, and they're like me high. You know, quick second, I'll give you the other street. Walk out something at 47 in our... sure around that area. Negative. 4-7 and Morgan. 4-7 and Morgan. Okay, we'll hold you there, and then we'll get fire rolling. All right, we've got a couple more Marines coming in from the 7th District. We got one at 71 in Hawaiian. Also got one, 2150, 169. And then in 8, we got one at 47th in Comar.
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S Morgan St, Chicago, IL
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