Cleanup begins after storms leave damage across Chicago area

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:01:53 Category: News & Politics

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DEGREES. I WILL HAVE MORE IN ALL OF THIS COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. DANA? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ED. >>> RESIDENCE IN DES PLAINES AND DEERFIELD ARE WAKING UP TO A MAJOR CLEANUP PROJECT THIS MORNING AND LIVE IN DEERFIELD RIGHT NOW IS MARISSA PERLMAN. >> Reporter: THESE TREES HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD HERE AND WE ARE OUT DEERFIELD ROAD AND THORNDALE . WE HAVE SEEN THESE AREAS MOVING THESE BIG BRANCHES RIGHT BEFORE RUSH HOUR. THEY ARE JUST SOME OF WHAT WE SEE AFTER SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS CAME IN ACROSS THE AREA. WE KNOW NO MORE THAN 20,000 COMED CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTAGES ARE HERE IN COOK COUNTY. THE HEAT AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAME THROUGH, KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES WE WERE TRACKING ABOUT 60 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND AND HAIL AND RAIN. IT ALL CAME THROUGH AT ONE TIME. WE HAVE SEEN DAMAGE LIKE THIS IN DEERFIELD IN BOLINGBROOK AND MOUNT PROSPECT AND LINCOLNSHIRE WITH REPORTS OF DAMAGED SHEDS AND SIDING WITH DEBRIS LINING THE ROAD COMED DOES HELP TO RESTORE ABOUT

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