6 flooded Illinois counties declared disaster areas

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Anne Collier

December 9, 1982

Chicago

Floodwaters sent the Illinois and Mississippi rivers over their banks at record and near-record levels Wednesday, inundating thousands of homes and many acres of farmland.

The worst was yet to come along the lower Mississippi River, where crests were not expected until Thursday or Friday.