Just one day after heavy rainfall caused massive problems across the Chicago area, storms moved into the city and suburban counties once again.
Cook and DuPage counties in Illinois and Lake County in Indiana were under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 7:45 p.m. Winds could reach 60 miles per hour and nickel-sized hail is possible.
Cook County was also under a Flash Flood Warning through 10:30 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Experts are urging residents to avoid driving, particularly on flooded roads.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was also issued for Cook, Grundy, Kendall, and LaSalle counties, effective until 7 p.m.
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs got several inches of rainfall on Saturday, causing massive flooding, outages, and road closures areawide.
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3 to 4 inches of water were reported on some roads in Evanston, as well as branches down across the northern suburbs and wind speeds estimated at 55-60 mph in Skokie.
I-94 was temporarily shut down twice due to flooding, according to the Illinois State Police. All lanes were closed around 7 p.m., reopening around 9 p.m., only to close once more overnight. Multiple cars were stuck in the water, police confirmed, and fire officials rescued several individuals standing on top of their cars.
In a repeat of Saturday's events, Soldier Field tweeted Sunday shortly after 6:30 p.m. that fans at the Coldplay concert were asked to seek shelter at the stadium. The band's Saturday concert was also delayed due to weather.
61,000 people were left without power across Chicago and the northern suburbs on Saturday, according to ComEd. Crews worked through the night to fix the outages, and by Sunday evening 99 percent of customers' power had been restored.
