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Storms moved into the Chicago area on Wednesday afternoon,
downing trees and damaging some buildings.
The two major Chicago airports, Chicago O’Hare International
Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport, temporarily
put all flights on hold in the evening due to thunderstorms. A
similar ground stop was issued at John F. Kennedy International
Airport in New York due to thunderstorms.
By Wednesday evening, more than 1,000 flights going into and out
of Chicago had been delayed or canceled, according to
FlightAware, a flight tracking website.
Strong winds blew part of the roof off an apartment building in
the Chicago area, forcing residents to leave, according to NBC 5
Chicago. Elsewhere, barns collapsed in Wisconsin, buildings were
crushed in rural northern Missouri and some large trees and
power lines were downed in other areas across the Midwest,
photos and video online showed.
More than 264,000 customers had no electricity in Illinois, the
majority in Cook County, and nearly 140,000 were without power
in Michigan, according to poweroutage.com. There were also
outages in Kansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio.
Commonwealth Edison Company, which provides electric service
across northern Illinois, said the storms had downed poles and
wires.
“We know this is challenging and will restore service as safely
and quickly as conditions allow,” the company said in a post on
X.
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