Thousands without power after strong storms hit
More than 1,100 trees, branches down on city streets, sidewalks
July 24, 2012|Staff report
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Chicago Dept. of Streets and Sanitation worker remove a large tree in the intersection of North Kimball and West Berteau Avenues in Chicago following a storm that swept the area on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Jos? M. Osorio)
Powerful thunderstorms raked the Chicagoarea this morning, downing trees and power lines and knocking out power to about 300,000 Commonwealth Edison customers at the peak of outages.
Delays were reported on Pink and Green line trains this morning because of debris on the tracks, according to the CTA. By about 8 a.m., Pink Line service was resuming. Metra was reporting 10 to 15 minute delays throughout its system because of weather and the South Shore Line had resumed service after downed power lines halted trains to Chicago for a time.
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