The flooring in four rooms of Yuriria Buenrostro’s Southwest Side basement was stripped away as damp carpet mats filled up her trash can.

Buenrostro, 40, has been trying to renovate the home she shares with her husband and two children but anticipates damage from the storms could cost in excess of $15,000 after her home flooded twice in the span of weeks.

“Imagine you have money saved up for vacations, you’d lose that investing in your house again,” Buenrostro said. “I hope the city helps us.”

A couple of blocks away from Buenrostro’s home, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city officials visited residents impacted by the floods and dropped off supply kits.

“Chicagoans recovering from one flooding incident have found themselves having to start all over again,” Johnson told reporters Tues

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