UPDATED: Power Out in Some Areas, Several Trees Down

UPDATE 3:20 p.m.

David Gervino, DuPage County emergency management coordinator, said about 36,000 DuPage County residents are without power. ComEd is reporting 156,000 people in the west region, which includes Elmhurst, are without power, and restoration for all Northern Illinois regions could take several days.

UPDATE 10:30 a.m.

The Elmhurst Fire Department issued the following information:

• six primary power lines down in Elmhurst
• power out in central and south Elmhurst
• numerous tree limbs down
• three street closures: Kenilworth, Rex and Montrose, Euclid

Chicago area

• 400,000 without power
• 450 crews working
• crews called in from numerous states

EARLIER:

All is quiet now, but the storm that hit Elmhurst and many other suburbs this morning carried winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and has caused power outages and several downed trees in the city.

Elmhurst police dispatch reported at 8:30 a.m. it was “getting hammered” with calls about downed power lines. Traffic lights were reported out along Butterfield Road, including the light at Butterfield and Spring, and residents north of that area, including those on Hillside and South Hawthorne, reported their power went out. Other outages are scattered throughout town as tree limbs are resting on power lines.

Trees were reported down at Kenilworth and Church streets, on the 400 block of Arlington, at Willow and Melrose, on South Stratford and on West Wilson. Police report the tree on Wilson hit a car.

But by all accounts, this storm was not as devastating as the . Problems seem to be isolated to certain areas and not widespread throughout the city. Many residents have reported their lights flickered on and off several times, but the power remained on.

A thunderstorm watch continues to be active throughout Northern Illinois until noon, according to the National Weather Service. It appears the storms will not do much to cool us down. Temperatures are forecast in the 90s, and heat index values will make it feel like 100 degrees.