Four Illinois counties declared disaster areas.

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4 counties named disaster areas

Tribune staff reports
2:26 PM CDT, August 24, 2007

Gov. Rod Blagojevich was touring flood-damaged areas today and declared four northern Illinois counties state disaster areas: Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties.

Another round of thunderstorms is expected to blow through this afternoon and tonight as work crews try to restore power, clear roads and alert people across the Chicago area to flooding dangers.

The National Weather Service sent out a flash flood advisories for today that warn residents about storms capable of producing heavy rainfall, in some areas up to 2 inches an hour. Those totals, along with nearly 3 to 6 inches that has fallen since Thursday afternoon, could produce runoff that leads to dangerous flash flooding.

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