CHICAGO (CBS) — Just before the 4th of July in 2023 , a historic storm left parts of Chicago awash in 8 inches of rain—with the city’s West Side hit especially hard.
More than a year later, some West Side neighbors said they are still waiting on the relief money they were promised.
“The smell was not livable,” said Minnie Hill of the Austin neighborhood. “You couldn’t even live in the house for a while.”
The summer floods of 2023 left countless basements with mold along doors and walls.
“It was a disaster,” said Queen Jackson of the West Garfield Park neighborhood. “It was a lot of water.”
The seniors’ homes were impacted, and the cleanup left them overwhelmed.
“I gave them everything that they need,” said Jackson. “But I’m still—I’m waiting.”
Six years before the July 2023 flood, Ms. Jackson had a flood control mechanism installed. She was prepared, yet the water still got inside the home.