Heavy rain causes flooding in some southern suburbs, 3 killed in Michigan
Heavy rain that hit components of the Chicago space prompted some localized flooding Friday.
Some houses, streets and autos had been broken in the southern suburbs.
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Video from Friday night time in Lynwood exhibits a downpour.
There was flooding in South Chicago Heights and Steger.
Witnesses mentioned some drivers wanted to be rescued.
“We’ve got some serious flooding on all the side streets, main streets even, lots of cars in yards and stuff. It’s pretty, pretty bad, houses flooding, basements flooding,” Steger resident Ethan Willett mentioned.
“I’ve lived here 23 years, and I’ve seen floods, but not this bad, to where the fire department had to come and walk a pregnant woman out of her car. It’s really deep. It came down really hard and fast,” South Chicago Heights resident Karen mentioned.
There was additionally noticed some ponding on the Bishop Ford Freeway close to South Cottage Grove Avenue in the town. It was inflicting visitors to gradual, however automobiles had been making it by way of.
A Dense Fog Advisory was in impact for the realm till 10 am, however the fog has since cleared out, solely to be adopted by thunderstorms.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms blew by way of Friday night.
Three folks had been killed and others injured after an obvious twister ripped by way of southern Michigan.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Office mentioned there have been 12 reported accidents after a twister appeared to have hit the Union Lake space which is about 125 miles west of Detroit.
The climate is impacting operations at Chicago Midway International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned.
At one level on Friday morning, there have been floor stops for departures to each airports.
According to the town’s FlyChicago.com, 600 flights have been canceled at O’Hare as of 9:30 pm Just 22 flights have been canceled at Midway.
There are delays of about an hour at each airports.
The later night hours are anticipated to be primarily quiet and gentle with temperatures in the 60s.
After midnight, scattered showers and thunderstorms will push in alongside a chilly entrance. These storms might additionally probably turn out to be extreme, with excessive winds and huge hail being the primary considerations.
Lingering showers in the course of the morning hours on Saturday will rapidly finish. And the remainder of the day, it is going to be quiet with temperatures falling into the low 50s by late afternoon.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
