Water pooled in Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood streets for long periods of time over the past two summers, as floodwaters from the swollen Great Lakes poured into the neighborhood over the tops of seawalls that weren’t built to withstand record-setting water levels. (Courtesy of Mel Herrera-Baird)
PHOTO 5: Tiger dam

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