Images: Suburban Storm Damage
Large branches crushed a car on Glen Avenue Monday morning in Crystal Lake.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A thunderstorm Monday morning uprooted a tree and damaged a home along Elsworth Street in Crystal Lake.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Many trees were damaged Monday morning during a fast-moving storm, including trees in a yard on North Main Street in Wheaton.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Branches are caught at the top of a power pole on Prairie Street in Crystal Lake.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A large tree destroyed the bedroom of a home on Ellsworth Street in Crystal Lake early Monday. The homeowner had just left the house.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A severe storm that rolled through Des Plaines Monday morning brought part of this tree down on power lines at the intersection of Oakwood Court. and Northwest Place. Police blocked the street until the live wires could be safely removed.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
A severe storm that rolled through Des Plaines Monday morning brought part of this tree down on power lines at the intersection of Oakwood Court. and Northwest Place. Police blocked the street until the live wires could be safely removed.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
A downed tree branch blocks the driveway of a home at the intersection of Cape and Fair Oaks Road in Carol Stream.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A downed tree branch blocks the driveway of a home in the 1300 block of Rolling Oaks Drive in Carol Stream.
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Dennis Lis of 820 N. Clark in Palatine tries to move a neighbors willow tree branch that found its way into his swimming pool after the morning storm.
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Dennis Lis of 820 N Clark in Palatine, surveys the storm damage to his swimming pool caused by a neighbors fallen willow tree.
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An uprooted tree hit the corner of Richard and Linda Whitmores home on Clifton Road in Round Lake Park following Monday mornings storm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A trampoline was tossed upside down during Monday mornings storm in the Valley Lakes subdivision in Round Lake.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A Metra train is stopped in its tracks near Lake Street in Grayslake as a fallen tree blocks its path following Monday mornings storm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Trees damaged by Monday mornings storm destroyed a fence at this home in the 300 block of Kenwood Road in Round Lake Park.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Trees lay on the train tracks near Lake Street in Grayslake following Monday mornings storm keeping Metra trains from passing through.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Rosendo Saalgado of Round Lake Park looks over the storm damage at the home of a friend on Kenwood Drive Monday morning. Trees damaged the home and two trucks.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Round Lake Park resident Linda Whitmore surveys the damage after a tree hit her Clifton Road home Monday morning following the severe storm that blew through Lake County.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Tree limbs lay near Kenwood Road in Round Lake Park after it fell and damaged this home in the 300 block Monday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A home on Kenwood Road in Round Lake Park was damaged by a fallen tree following Monday mornings severe storm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Christina Flores, 15, takes photos of the cars damaged during Monday mornings storm at their N. Bellevue Drive home in Round Lake Park.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Among a stand of mature trees along Cary-Algonquin Road in Cary, one particular tree was snapped off in Mondays thunderstorm that left many suburbs without power.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
Cafe Fourteen employees from left, Amy Pfauter, Donna Guasta, Amanda Sobieski and Juan Ramirez wait outside for the power to be restored along Rt. 14 in downtown Palatine after the morning storm.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Jay Kohen clears some tree branches from his front yard along Colfax in Palatine after a morning storm blew through town.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Power lines and trees down on Benton Street just north of Colfax Street in Palatine.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Jay Kohen surveys the storm damage in front of his home on Colfax Street in Palatine.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
A fallen tree lays across a sidewalk at Cherrywood Park in Palatine after an early morning storm.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
John Ludwig surveys the storm damage along Cunningham Drive and Old Mill Road in Palatine.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Dan Kelly of the Palatine Park District picks up tree branches along Russet Way after a morning storm blew through the Northwest suburbs.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Tapes blocks Kennicott Avenue at Wing Street where tree limbs tore down power lines after a thunderstorm Monday morning in Arlington Heights.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Power lines were snapped on Kennicott Avenue at Wing Street after a thunderstorm capable of producing 70 mile per hour winds hit the area Monday morning in Arlington Heights.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
A tree is down across Princeton Avenue just south of Grove Street after a thunderstorm with strong winds tore through the area Monday morning in Arlington Heights.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Wires are down on Kennicott Avenue at Wing Street after a thunderstorm capable of producing 70 mile per hour winds hit the area Monday morning in Arlington Heights.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Del Rogers cleans up branches around his home on the corner of Crane and Dawes streets in Libertyville Monday morning after a dangerous thunderstorm blew through the area. The willow tree in his yard narrowly missed his house after a big brach fell. I planted this willow tree 25 years ago, said Rogers. It sounded like a truck was driving near my house.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Dave Heurich with Libertyville Public Works tries to remove tree limbs that fell into a house at 226 Second Street in Libertyville Monday morning after a dangerous thunderstorm blew through the area.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Libertyville Public Works employees work to remove this tree that fell into a house at 226 Second Street in Libertyville Monday morning after a dangerous thunderstorm blew through the area.
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Dennis Matusek with Libertyville Public Works examines this tree that fell into a house at 226 Second Street in Libertyville Monday morning after a dangerous thunderstorm blew through the area.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
A tree downed by the storm on Monday blocks the road south of S. Princeton Ave & W. Grove St, Arlington Heights.
Submitted photo
Storm damage on N. Belmont in Arlington Heights on Monday, July 11.
Photo courtesy of david Keller
A tree fell on the play set in the backyard of the Piet home on Central Road in Arlington Heights Monday. The strong storms that moved through the area took the tree down.
Photo courtesy of Donna Piet