A man tries to clean a drainage hole in a flooded portion of Bennet Avenue in Skokie, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. A large water main break in northeastern Skokie flooded much of the neighborhood, prompting the village to issue a boil order, close schools and block roads near the ruptured main.

The city says that of the nearly 400 homes in the flood zone, 190 had basements flooded and 174 lost heat. City officials have offered hotel rooms to those affected.