Images: Cleaning-up in the suburbs after Monday’s storm.
Power lines still down along Grand Ave. in Fox Lake Tuesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Because traffic signals are not functioning, a police officer directs traffic at busy Route 14 and Cary-Algonquin Road Tuesday morning in Cary.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Forestry crew member Seth Westberg saws off a broken limb Tuesday morning on Busse Avenue just east of Maple Street. Damage was minimal in Mt. Prospect from Mondays storm compared to the tornado that hit the town last month.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Wires under downed trees block Thornwood Lane on the west side of Crystal Lake Monday morning.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Paul Ruiz sits on his Thornwood Lane porch with a generator running in his driveway Tuesday morning while waiting for power to be restored to his home on the west side of Crystal Lake. He said he could actually see the wind Monday morning. Ive never seen anything like it. Many of his neighbors are sharing generators.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Areas in Glen Ellyn are still affected by yesterdays storm, such as the intersection of St. Charles Rd, and Rifford Rd, where the power is out to the traffic signals at that intersection.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Areas in Glen Ellyn are still affected by yesterdays storm such as the intersection of Park Blvd., and DuPage Blvd., where part of a power line pole still lays in the street, which is closed.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Power outages at the intersection of Route 38 and County Farm Road in Wheaton has affected the traffic lights, causing traffic backups.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A hand made sign warns of downed wires at the intersection of Hillside and Forest Ave in Glen Ellyn. The wires are still on the ground nearly 24 hours after high winds blew through the Chicago area.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Kennicott Avenue between Wing and Campbell Streets remains closed with large tree limbs across the street and power lines down Tuesday in Arlington Heights. The damage was caused by a thunderstorm with strong winds that tore through the area Monday morning.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Vehicles line up hundreds deep on Route 176 in Crystal Lake as traffic lights continue to be out.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Huge twisted trees clog a yard on Pomeroy Street in Crystal Lake Tuesday morning.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Forestry crew member Seth Westberg saws off a broken limb Tuesday morning on Busse Avenue just east of Maple Street. Damage was minimal in Mt. Prospect from Mondays storm compared to the tornado that hit the town last month.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
A large pine tree lays on downed power lines and a pickup truck on Oceola Drive in Algonquin Tuesday morning.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Arborist Andy Byers, left, and Doug Petro, with the Mount Prospect Forestry Division clean up debris Tuesday morning following yesterdays storm that left over 800,000 Com Ed customers without power.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Businesses along Grand Ave. in Lindenhurst alert customers that they are closed due to power outages Tuesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Signal lights remain out along Route 12 in Fox Lake due to power outages.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Downed power lines and fallen trees remain Tuesday morning along Grand Ave. in downtown Lake Villa.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Fox Lake Public Works crews clean up trees along Grand Ave. Tuesday morning following Mondays storm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Grove Street in Huntley is closed while tree limbs lay on the pavement and wires hang Tuesday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Hunters Path in Lake in the Hills is closed as a wire hangs over the road Tuesday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
ComEd crews on the scene of downed power lines at Grand and Cedar Avenues in downtown Lake Villa Tuesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Lake Villa Public Works crews continue clean up along Grand Ave. Tuesday morning following Mondays storm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
ComEd worker Jason Schmidt is part of a Highland Park crew working to restore power in Lake Villa Tuesday morning.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Lake Villa Public Works crews continue clean up along Grand Ave. Tuesday morning following Mondays storm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Luis Garcia and his crew from McGinty Bros., Inc. remove a fallen tree from the roof of a residence on Brierwoods Lane in Hawthorn Woods.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Luis Garcia from McGinty Bros., Inc. uses a chain saw to remove a fallen tree from the roof of a residence on Brierwoods Lane in Hawthorn Woods.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Luis Garcia from McGinty Bros., Inc. throws down a tree limb from the roof while removing a fallen tree from a residence on Brierwoods Lane in Hawthorn Woods.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Utility poles lie with its wires crisscrossing Oakwood street in Barrington after Monday morning storm did a number on the area.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Generators for sale at the Home Depot in Lake Zurich for storm stricken people looking to ride out the outage in their powerless homes.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Wendy Schultz of Wisconsin who was helping out her Barrington parents Richard and Rosemary Libby who were hit hard by the storm has to pour well water into their toilets that she gets from her neighbor in order to use them.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Generators for sale at the Home Depot in Lake Zurich for storm stricken people looking to ride out the outage in their powerless homes.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Wendy Schultz of Wisconsin who was helping out her Barrington parents Richard and Rosemary Libby who were hit hard by the storm ducks under a huge Oak tree which fell near their driveway taking out a transformer and leaving them without power for almost two days.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Wires and a transformer hangs precarious feet from the ground after the storm knocked it off its pole causing a blackout in the Barrington area along Oakwood Street and Timberlake Parkway on Monday morning.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com