>> TANYA AND CHERYL CREWS SPENT MUCH OF THE MORNING CLEANING UP DEBRIS AND DOWNED TREES. THE OVERNIGHT STORMS BROUGHT DOWN SEVERAL VERY LARGE TREES HERE ALONG SHERIDAN ROAD, INCLUDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BUILDING . OH TREE REMOVAL CREWS HARD AT WORK TO CLEAR SEVERAL LARGE OLD TREES THAT CAME DOWN DURING TUESDAY NIGHT'S STORMS. THERE WAS WATER RIGHT HERE ALL THE WAY ACROSS. >> IT LOOKED LIKE, YEAH, IT LOOKED LIKE A RIVER. >> DAVE BAKER LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM NORTHWESTERN'S JOHN EVANS CENTER ALONG SHERIDAN ROAD . HE WAS MAKING HIS WAY HOME WHEN THIS STORM HIT. >> YOU COULDN'T GET DOWN SHERIDAN. I HAD TO KEEP CUTTING TO THE WEST ON SIDE STREETS BECAUSE SHERIDAN ROAD WAS COVERED WITH NOT JUST TREES SECTIONS, BUT WHOLE TREES AND THOSE ARE 100 YEAR OLD, OLD GROWTH TREES. >> HE'S LIVED IN EVANSTON FOR 50 YEARS AND SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. >> I MEAN, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. AND THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THIS TOWN THAT WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME. EVANSTON JUST ONE OF THE NORTHERN SUBURBS, IMPACTED BY THE GUSTY WINDS AND BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT. >> OVER IN DEERFIELD, CREWS WORKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT TO CLEAR DEBRIS AND DOWNED TREES COVERING ROADS AND YARDS THERE, AS WELL. AN OLD TREE SNAPPED IN HALF IN THIS HOMEOWNER'S FRONT YARD AND FELL RIGHT ONTO HER FAMILY MEMBERS CAR, SMASHING THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS PRETTY SCARY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNEW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS A HUGE TREE. >> IT WAS BIGGER THAN THAT ONE, ACTUALLY, AND IT WAS SO FAST. AND THEN I JUST STARTED, YOU KNOW, I WAS SCARED ABOUT THE POWER LINE, BUT YOU THANK GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS OKAY. AND BACK OUT HERE LIVE CREWS HAVE MANAGED TO CLEAR THE SIDEWALKS AND ROADS. >> SO THERE ARE NO MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUES IN EVANSTON. BUT AGAIN YOU IT'S COMMON TO SEE SOME LARGE TREES LIKE THESE ON PROPERTY AROUND EVANSTON T