Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA, 30th September, 1986 Governor James Thompson inspects flood damaged homes. Thompson talks with home owners who are standing behind the wall of sandbags that protected their home from high water in the flooded Woodview Manor area of Mount Prospect, Illinois, Credit: Mark Reinstein

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Illinois Governor James Thompson along with Mount Prospect Village President Carolyn Krause use small boats during a two hour tour though flooded Woodview Manor section of Mount Prospect to view homes that suffered water damage after being inundated by torrential rains before declaring it a disaster area.

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Size: 5290px × 3513px
Location: Mount Prospect, Cook County, Illinois, USA,
Photo credit: © mark reinstein / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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