Rampant flooding last week forced NIU’s campus to close and resulted in the cancellation of numerous campus and city events.

DeKalb’s Cornfest, NIU’s Friday Fest and academic convocation and all District 428 classes Friday were canceled as a result of the flooding.

Despite street flooding and rain Thursday, as of Sunday at 4 p.m., DeKalb Fire Chief Lanny Russell said all streets have been reopened.

Lt. Jim Kayes of the DeKalb Police Department said Friday the most significant flooding was in the Lions Park area on Taylor Street. There was also significant flooding reported on Tilton Park Drive north of Hillcrest Drive, he said.

In DeKalb there have not been any widespread power outages, but some isolated incidents have been reported, Kayes said.

Some car damage was also reported from attempting to drive through a flooded area or from being parked in a flooded spot. Some houses have also reported sewage entering the house from flood drains and sump pumps unable to keep up with the rain.

There have not been any incidents of additional crime from the flooding. The biggest concerns are street flooding and people getting accidentally electrocuted, Kayes said Friday.

“In these situations crime usually isn’t an issue,” Kayes said.

As of Sunday at 4 p.m., Russel said the city is in the recovery and damage assessment phase. There are about 75 people remaining in the city residential shelter and it is not known how long clean up and recovery is expected to take, he said.

Additional staff was called in to work over the weekend, including two people staffed with a boat in the event aquatic rescue was needed.

Russel said he hopes the department will be back to normal staffing and hours Monday.