Storms swept through the Chicago area early Saturday morning bringing flooding to Lake County. More severe weather is expected Saturday night.
Water reaches the tops of road signs on Scranton Avenue near Sheridan Road after heavy overnight rain, July 23, 2022, in Lake Bluff. Many roads in Lake Bluff, including parts of U.S. 41, were closed due to heavy overnight rains. Village officials reported over six-inches of rain fell.
His home is on the near west side of Lake Bluff, just east of Green Bay Road and west of the train tracks that divide the east and west sides of town.It took a couple hours for the water to recede, Rosiak said, and some roads were still flooded and closed, including the viaduct that goes under the Metra train and connects residents into the downtown business area.
His son, who was awake until around 2 a.m., saw it start to rain, he said. But the torrential storms, thunder and lightning came around 4 to 5 a.m., Rosiak said. “The storm sewers just can’t handle it,” Rosiak said. “We see this with big rains quite frequently, unfortunately.”Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.“We’re having this over and over again,” he said. “I don’t know what the town’s doing about it. Doesn’t seem like much. But again, it just seems to be on a more frequent occasion and we just seem to keep getting lucky.
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