Las tormentas eléctricas dejaron al menos 5 pulgadas de lluvia en varias partes del área de Chicago durante la noche del jueves, provocando el cierre de la autopista Eisenhower durante un tiempo y causando retrasos en los trenes de la Línea Azul.

Las partes más afectadas por las inundaciones fueron suburbios en el sur y oeste de la ciudad.

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El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología informó inundaciones en cuadras enteras de Burbank. También hubo inundaciones en Bellwood, Elmhurst, Parque Forestal y Justicia, así como Valparaíso y Hobart en Indiana.

Las inundaciones provocaron cierres en varias escuelas.

Cierre de escuelas en Chicago:

Escuela ------------------------------------------------------Ciudad-----------------------Estado

AERO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ------------------ BURBANK----------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
AERO EDUCATIONAL CENTER --------------------- BURBANK ---------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
AERO SPECIAL EDUCATION COOPERATIVE -- BURBANK ---------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
ARGO COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL --------------- SUMMIT ------------------ (TODAY) CLOSED
DIST #111 (BURBANK) ---------------------------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
FRY SCHOOL ---------------------------------------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
JORDAN BAPTIST SCHOOL -------------------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
KENNEDY SCHOOL ------------------------------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
LIBERTY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ------------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
LUTHER BURBANK SCHOOL ------------------------ BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
MADDOCK SCHOOL ------------------------------------ BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
MCCORD SCHOOL -------------------------------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
MECA ELEMENTARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ----- BELLWOOD ------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
PRIDE SCHOOL ------------------------------------------ OAK LAWN -------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
QUEEN OF PEACE HIGH SCHOOL ---------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
RICHARD E. BYRD SCHOOL ------------------------- BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED
TOBIN SCHOOL ------------------------------------------ BURBANK --------------- (TODAY) CLOSED