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Several inches of rain fell throughout the Chicago area as thunderstorms swept through Monday night and early Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Nearly 1.9 inches of rain fell at O\u2019Hare, with 3 to 4 inches reported in parts of southern Cook County into Lake County, Indiana, according to the National Weather Service. <\/p>\n
CTA Purple Line service was temporarily suspended due to downed tree limbs from the storms and street flooding was reported in parts of the southwest suburbs, city officials said. <\/p>\n
From Saturday to Tuesday morning, there have been over 5,600 calls for flooded basements, according to the Office of Emergency Management and Communications.<\/p>\n
Highways flooded as well, according to the Illinois State Police. Standing water persists in the following areas:<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Chicago\u2019s OEMC is partnering with the Illinois Management Agency to gather extra flooding information through a self-assessment survey<\/a> to determine whether additional options can be pursued to help residents, OEMC said. <\/p>\n Mayor Brandon Johnson will visit some of the communities impacted by recent flooding on the Southwest Side and plans to hold a press conference on the issue later Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n Over 130 flights were canceled at O\u2019Hare with over 120 more delayed as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to FlightAware<\/a>. At Midway, over 20 flights were delayed. <\/p>\n The stretch of storms were connected to a larger system that brought similar storms to the area this past weekend. <\/p>\n \u201cWe essentially had this upper disturbance that was just kind of meandering about the region for several days,\u201d Kevin Doom, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said. \u201cIt kept pumping a lot of moisture into the region and that\u2019s why we saw such widespread, torrential rainfall.\u201d <\/p>\n Doom anticipates a break from the storms this week. <\/p>\n \u201cBest chances, I\u2019d say right now we\u2019re dry through the weekend.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n