Overview

• Repeated storms have inundated basements and streets in Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, West Lawn, Garfield Ridge and Chatham.
• Mayor Brandon Johnson met residents in Gage Park on Tuesday as the city and the Red Cross distributed cleanup kits.
• Residents are urged to complete the city’s damage survey with photos by 5 p.m. Friday to document losses for aid requests.
• City officials caution that survey submissions do not guarantee financial help and warn residents to watch for fraud.
• Nearly 4,800 basement-water complaints and 287 street-flooding complaints have been logged since Sunday night, while six aldermen led by Ray Lopez seek a city-funded backflow valve program and the mayor says a FEMA update is expected later this month.