comed power outages

More than 80,000 ComEd customers were still without power Wednesday morning after storms pummeled northern Illinois with ferocious winds reaching 60 miles per hour in some locations.

For the second night in a row, severe thunderstorms pounded the Chicago area on Tuesday. Lisa Chavarria reports.

More than 50% of residents of south suburban Harvey were still without power Friday morning, several days after severe weather swept through the area.

Nearly all of south suburban Harvey remained without power Thursday, three days after intense storms swept through the area.

Residents are still stunned after a powerful derecho slammed into the area Monday, with hundreds of thousands still without power. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio has the story.

After massive storms ripped through the Chicago area on Monday, ComEd said Tuesday that it estimated some residents wouldn’t have their power restored until Saturday.

Nearly 390,000 Chicago-area residents remained without power Tuesday morning after a series of powerful thunderstorms roared through the region.

More than 500,000 Chicago area customers remain without power hours after a series of powerful thunderstorms roared through the region. According to ComEd, 502,748 customers in the NBC 5 viewing area are in the dark as of 8:55 p.m., with crews working to restore service after thunderstorms packing wind gusts in excess of 75 miles per hour hammered the city…

Joey Miller