Videos captured around the Chicago area showed heavy flooding and road closures as slow-moving storms drenched the region Friday afternoon.
Footage shows flooded streets in parts of the city and numerous suburbs, some with water levels high enough to cover the wheels of vehicles.
The National Weather Service reported “several roads and interstates have been flooded, and viaducts and underpasses have been submerged underwater as well.”
Flash flood watches and warnings were in effect across much of the region.
Footage from NBC Chicago photographers showed knee-deep flooding in some parts of Burbank.
Videos across social media showed vehicles driving through standing water under viaducts both in Chicago and across several southern suburbs.
Pictures from a viewer showed heavy rain and flooded streets in Willowbrook.
Footage from residents showed heavy flooding on Harlem Avenue in Summit and on Drake Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood.
Video from a viewer in Darien showed heavy rainfall and flooded streets in the area.
The flooding prompted several roadway closures across parts of the Chicago area.
A flood warning remained in effect until 2:45 p.m. for east central Cook County and southeastern DuPage County, according to the National Weather Service.
A flood watch was also issued until 6 p.m. Friday in Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Grundy, Cook and Will counties in Illinois, along with Lake County in Indiana.
The storms across the area follow severe thunderstorms that swept through several suburbs and parts of Chicago Thursday.