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Images: Wednesday Weather in the Suburbs

  Shoppers brave the wind and rain at Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Wieslawa Piatek braves the wind and rain while shopping at Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Sabina Pelga of Prospect Heights braves the wind and rain at Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  The wind and rain make it difficult for shoppers at the Shop & Save Market in Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  A shopper braves the wind and rain at Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Rich Sazaras of Round Lake sits in the cold, rainy weather fishing from his kayak Wednesday on Butler Lake in Libertyville. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  A pair of shoppers use umbrellas in downtown Geneva. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  A statue is appropriately designed for the weather in Geneva. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  A man hustles past a statue in Geneva. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  “Oh my goodness,” said Aurora Abelar of Elgin, “the weather is changing so quickly” as she met the windy and wet conditions at the Chicago Street Metra Station. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  José Salazar, an employee of the city of Lisle, works at stringing holiday lights on a tree in Lisle Wednesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Jean Pierre Ergas of Chicago photographs waves crashing along the bike path wall at Chicago’s North Ave. beach as wind gusts of up to 50 mph and wave up to 55 feet are expected. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for Wednesday predicting large and battering waves through Thursday morning. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Waves crash along the bike path wall at Chicago’s North Ave. beach as wind gusts of up to 50 mph and wave up to 55 feet are expected. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for Wednesday predicting large and battering waves through Thursday morning. ASSOCIATED PRESS
  Commuters walk into wind and rain at the Mount Prospect Metra station. JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Kunson Cho of Barrington fights the wind and rain on the platform at the Mount Prospect Metra station . JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Kindergartner Noelle Onischuk plays in a puddle while waiting for her brother outside Our Lady of the Wayside School in Arlington Heights. JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  A pedestrian makes his way down Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Commuters take cover under their umbrellas at the Libertyville Metra stop. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Pedestrians take cover on Rockland Rd. in Libertyville. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Commuters wait for the train under their umbrellas at the Libertyville Metra stop. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Emily Lewis, left, and Caitlin O’Connor, right, both 16, take cover from the elements as they walk home from Naperville Central High School. PAUL MICHNA/Pmichna@dailyherald.com
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