Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday issued a disaster proclamation sending resources to eight counties battered by severe weather over the past two weeks, including Cook County, which was drenched with record-setting rainfall that flooded basements and shut down highways over the July Fourth holiday weekend.
The Democratic governor’s proclamation also extends across a swath of central Illinois that fell in the path of a June 29 derecho, a massive wind storm that raked much of the central Plains and spawned at least five tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.
