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- 0:05Police say Yorkville High School parking reopened after flooding, no impact on
- 0:09homecoming parade. This article is
- 0:15being read by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. The
- 0:20Yorkville Police Department confirmed the flooding in the Yorkville high school student
- 0:25parking lot has been cleared and the area is safe to use
- 0:29again. When reached for comment, The police said no impact is expected
- 0:34for this evening's Yorkville one hundred and fifteen Homecoming Parade, and that
- 0:38it's all back to normal. Earlier Thursday morning, the police said the
- 0:43location was closed until the water in the parking lot had receded.
- 0:47The
- 0:47flooding extended from the High School.
- 0:49Parking lot to the area behind the beacher center. The Yorkville Public
- 0:53Works Department and Yorkville School District 115 coordinated on resolving the problem.
- 1:00Photos of the incident showed large swaths of the parking area underwater.
- 1:04Some vehicles front ends were submerged. The Yorkville Homecoming Parade is scheduled
- 1:10to launch at 5 30 p.m. From south of Yorkville High School.
- 1:14A community event dubbed the Fox's Lair is being hosted during the
- 1:18parade at the chapel on the Green.