authorities say two months of rain have fallen 12 hours in gurnee north of chicago. it's not uncommon to see flooding but 1.6 trillion gallons of water fell this week on portions of wisconsin and illinois, where bruce rounder is the governor. >> folks think things are fine or getting better. they're not. >> in lake county, illinois, 5800 buildings damaged by flood water. forecasters say flood manager the northern chicago suburbs will get worse in the next few days as water flows down rivers into the state from wisconsin. in burlington, the town's four bridges remain closed because the swollen fox river crested at more than 17 feet. back in gurnee, illinois, we found gary campbell defiantly optimistic that the wall of sound he put around his home of 40 years is going to hold. >> reporter: do you think you're going to be able to safe to? >> i've survived all the other ones. the things you lose, that's another story. >> reporter: it's the des plaines refer that topped the banks flooding in gurnee. no rain is expecting this weekend but the water and river are rising toni

. >> reporter: across the border in gurnee, illinois, fish swimming in the streets. residents racing to fill sandbags to protect their wn flooding. more than a hundred homes and businesses already damaged. and here in burlington, wisconsin, residents are desperate for the water to recede. take a look from above. with help from our drone, you can see in some areas the river and streets have become one, and the river here is expected to be at major flood stage through saturday. burlington, wisconsin. >> quite a scene in the heartland. and that region is going to see more severe storms today. but there's some relief for the northeast. >> accuweather's justin povick is here with the details. good morn, justin. >> thanks and good morning to you. more downpours for today, along with that, the potential for gusty thunderstorms and it's all out ahead of a front that will turn the northeast less humid as we venture into saturday. but steamy again out ahead of the front. greatest threat for severe weather in the red. that's from philadelphia to allentown and reading. down towa

. >> reporter: here in gurnee, illinois, residents are on high alert. more than 100 homes and businesses already flooded and the river here expected to continue slowly rising until tomorrow. >> reporter: residents in the area trying to keep that water out. and david, the threat of severe storms continues through tonight. the roads already slick and potentially dangerous. >> thank you. let's get right to rob marciano. >> reporter: just a few more hours of rough weather. our nation's capital getting hit the hardest. rough storms moving through maryland and delaware. the cold front will nudge the storms offshore. drier air moving to the south. and pop-up thunderstorms in florida, to the southeast tomorrow. but severe stuff, through the upper great lakes. wisconsin will get hit, i think, again tomorrow. >> rob, thank you. >>> overseas tonight and from jerusalem, violence inside a site sacred to both muslims and jews. the attackers are shot dead in the fierce gun battle that follows. afterward, the palestinian president made a rare phone call to the israeli

. >> reporter: across the border in gurnee, illinois, floodwaters rising.ish swimming in the streets. residents racing to fill sandbags to protect their town from what could be record flooding. more than 100 homes and businesses already damaged. and david, here in burlington, wisconsin, residents are desperate for the water to recede. take a look from above. with help from our drone, you can see in some areas the streets and river have become one, and the river here expected to be a major flood stage through saturday. david? >> still rising through saturday. alex, our thanks to you. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano tracking it for us as the storms are on the move. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, david. here in new york, we have been surrounded by strong thunderstorms all afternoon. look at the radar. damaging storms now moving out of connecticut, heavy thunderstorms north of philadelphia and new jersey. and in some cases, record heat fueling these storms and high humidity just piling onto that flood threat, especially in ohio and western new york. we hav