CHICAGO (CBS) -- ComEd worked overnight to restore power following severe storms that moved across the Chicago area Friday night.

Around 8 a.m. Saturday morning about 4,300 customers were without electricity, which is an improvement over the nearly 26,000 who lost power last night.

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About 271 outages have been reported.