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Chicago has been getting a LOT of rain lately. Streets all around the city have flooded. Water has seeped into people's basements.
And partly because of climate change, this is all expected to get a lot worse.
The likelihood of heavy rainstorms has increased sevenfold here over the past century.
And our sewers can't handle the increase.
HOST: LANE
By WBEZ Chicago5
1212 ratings
Chicago has been getting a LOT of rain lately. Streets all around the city have flooded. Water has seeped into people's basements.
And partly because of climate change, this is all expected to get a lot worse.
The likelihood of heavy rainstorms has increased sevenfold here over the past century.
And our sewers can't handle the increase.
HOST: LANE

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