Some schools in Chicago's north suburbs are closed with power still out after storms
Deerfield Public Schools District 109 plans to reopen its schools on Thursday—though power may not be back in time.
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Deerfield Public Schools District 109 plans to reopen its schools on Thursday—though power may not be back in time.
Schools in Deerfield were closed Wednesday after the storms the night before knocked out power. Tara Molina reports.
People in the northern suburbs were picking up the pieces Wednesday morning, after strong storms came through Tuesday night, knocking down trees and taking down power lines.
One resident says he is just happy no one is hurt and there’s no damage to his property after a huge branch came down on his driveway, blocking him from getting out.
Photos and video from damage across the area show down branches across streets and debris lining the road and more than 20,000 ComEd customers are without power this morning,
Charlie De Mar talked with a man who had a tree fall on his car, but was somehow left uninjured with no damage to the vehicle.
ComEd was still working to restore power in the village, prioritizing critical sites like hospitals, first responder units and facilities housing elderly residents.
During the storms Monday night, 100 mph winds brought down power lines onto cars and trucks on the interstate in Channahon.
In one resident's backyard, crews were working for hours.
Some residents of Calumet Heights had their power back Wednesday, 48 hours after it was knocked out by a storm. But as Marybel Gonzalez reports, some still did not have power.
Monday's storms came not even two days after another set of storms over the weekend caused significant damage and power outages.
In Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood, a street was blocked by not one but two trees, and people who commute through that area said the damage was from two separate storms.
Some residents of the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side are not happy with ComEd coming to cut down damaged power lines, but not to receive power. Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The storms Sunday and Monday night brought multiple tornadoes to the area, and for residents of Crestwood and Calumet Park, there was a lot of cleaning up to do Tuesday. Jermont Terry reports.
ComEd has brought in about 300 utility workers from Canada to help them make repairs after two nights of tornadoes. Megan Hickey reports.
As of Tuesday evening, a total of five tornadoes had been confirmed in the Chicago area from the storms Monday night and six Sunday night.
Experts remind homeowners that flood damage is excluded under home insurance policies, and this kind of storm damage is a perfect storm for scammers. Tara Molina reports.
The players came over to help with the cleanup after their practice on Tuesday morning and made some new fans.
Neighbors in southwest suburban Shorewood believe they were hit by a tornado on Monday night. Some of the heaviest damage was on Canterbury Lane, where there were reports of people hurt inside a home that had part of its roof torn off.
The southwest suburbs were walloped by Monday night's fast-moving storms, just a day after parts of Joliet sustained significant damage from storms over the weekend.
Severe weather wreaked havoc southwest of Chicago on Sunday in parts of Will County.
In Joliet, thousands of people were without power
More than a million people go a fourth day without power after Hurricane Beryl.
Neighbors in Williams Bay and near Kenosha reported hearing tornado sirens just before winds picked up.
Heavy rain, large hail, and at least one tornado hit parts of Texas on Wednesday night. FEMA's administrator is expected to visit Iowa after deadly tornados there.
