Residents of Mount Prospect, Illinois use sandbags to block flood waters from entering their homes.

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The village of Mount Prospect, Illinois is flooded by by the rain swollen Des Plaines River which overflowed it's banks and blocked major roadways and swamped score of homes filling the basements with dirty brown water and in many cases rose up to the second floor. Credit: Mark Reinstein

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Size: 4447px × 2720px
Location: Mount Prospect, Illinois
Photo credit: © mark reinstein / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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