Article updated: 7/11/2011 11:31 PM

440,000 still without power out of 868,000 at peak

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Mary Flores looks over the damage cause by a large Oak tree falling during Monday morning's storm. Several cars in the driveway of her N. Bellevue Drive home in Round Lake Park were damaged.

Paul Valade | Staff Photographer

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South of South. Princeton Avenue and West Grove Street, Arlington Heights.

John Lampinen | Daily Herald

Many trees were damaged Monday morning during a fast-moving storm, including trees in a yard on North Main Street in Wheaton.

Scott Sanders | Daily Herald

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 | Daily Herald

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

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ComEd says Monday's storms left the utility with its highest number of outages since it began using its current method of recordkeeping: 868,000 customers. It could take days to restore power to everyone.