Thousands Without Power In Southwest Suburbs After Tornado Confirmed Overnight
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CHICAGO (CBS)-- Sunday night's tornado and surrounding storm took out power throughout the south suburbs.
As of 8 a.m., 20,000 ComEd customers are experiencing power outages. Crews are working to restore outages.
As of 8am, more than 20,000 ComEd customers are experiencing outages due to the severe storm that has recently left our service area. Our crews are in the field assessing damage & working to restore power. Visit https://t.co/uVFkhfjO14 for estimated restoration times pic.twitter.com/g6FcJFoWCu
— ComEd (@ComEd) June 21, 2021
Crews have been working throughout the night. At one point during the storm, more than 33,000 people were impacted by outages.
Downed lines can be dangerous and a line was seen on fire a road in Woodridge.
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