Images of Tuesday's heat
Danielle Hernandez of Hoffman Estates, donning long sleaves and a heavy backpack, works traffic at the intersection of Graceland and Route 14 on Tuesday.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Tore Dechirico sprays himself with a hose to try and keep cool while mixing concrete as construction workers deal with temperatures in the mid-90s while working at Batavia High School Tuesday. Dechirico works for VCNA Prairie Illinois.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Tuesday's heat caused portions of Route 59 to buckle, including in Hoffman Estates just south of route 72.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Brittany Becker, 16, left, kicks up some water to Gerald Schulz, 16, both of Carol Stream as they keep cool in the Carol Stream Town Center fountain on Tuesday afternoon.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Tuesday's heat caused portions of Route 59 to buckle, including in Hoffman Estates just south of route 20.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Roofers deal with the heat while working on a metal roof at Batavia High School Tuesday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
The outside temperature according to a car thermometer on Tuesday.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Tuesday's heat caused portions of Route 59 to buckle, including in Hoffman Estates just south of route 72.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Martin Ibarra of Waukegan, working for the Perez Tree Service sprays down the new grass along Golf road in Tuesday's heat.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Lionel Huarracha, of Jacobs and Son, Inc. Asphalt Paving spreads out asphalt in South Elgin on Tuesday. Asphalt comes out of the truck at temperatures of more than 300 degrees.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Angel Harold holds an umbrella for daughter, Grace, and son, Elliot, and a friend, McKenna Sappenfield, 7, to keep them shaded from the sun as they watch a free concert by Thaddeus Rex Tuesday in the Viking Park Bandshell in Gurnee.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer