Water remains over the roadway on Governors Highway just south of the Cherry Creek shopping center shortly before noon on April 4, the result of torrential rains overnight. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
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April 4 storm overwhelms drainage systems

The storms that rolled through Homewood and Flossmoor late Friday, April 3, and early Saturday, April 4, caused a number of street closures, basement flooding and inundated yards and parks — and frustration for a number of residents.

Several people posted photos of swamped streets in their neighborhoods. One person noted that the storm drains were not blocked, but the lake on their street was not receding. 

Homewood Public Works Director Josh Burman had an…

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