Flooding Closes Main Street In Lemont

LEMONT, IL — Main Street is closed from Fourth Street to Walker Road due to flooding in Lemont. The road will reopen when the flood recedes, the village said.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch through Tuesday night for Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and Will counties. Several rounds of rain and thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night and into Wednesday. An unusual pattern of warm air, more typical of April shower season, is striking the polar air across the Midwest and delivering this pattern of rainstorms, according to the NWS.

Several other roads in the area are also closed, so be cautious if you are heading out.

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