Flooding makes many area roads impassable
By Meg Thilmony
Wednesday February 6, 2008
Floodwaters were still rising this morning in Villa Grove as schools closed and Mayor Ron Hunt imposed a midnight curfew Tuesday because of flooding.
Officials said this morning that water levels were expected to drop but many rural roads remained closed.
"We had more rainfall this morning than we normally have for the whole month of February," said Jim Angel, state climatologist at the Illinois State Water Survey.
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