Images: Suburban residents dig out from the snowstorm
Suburban residents dig out Monday after heavy snow wreaked havoc throughout the suburbs, causing school closures, dangerous road conditions and hundreds of flight cancellations.
"It's heavier than I thought it would be," said Andrew Specter of South Elgin as he shovels his neighbor's driveway in South Elgin Monday.
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Sandy and Jeff Podlasek shovel their Arlington Heights driveway on Monday. "A shocker for the first snow", said Jeff Podlasek. "It's exhausting". The couple have been without power since 2 a.m.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Illinois State Police officials investigate a spinout on southbound 53 in Schaumburg after snowfall on Monday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Everett Road was closed Monday morning between St. Marys and Riverwoods roads in Mettawa after a tree fell on power lines, snapping the pole in half. Lake County residents spent Monday digging out from the overnight snowstorm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Holly Anderson and her son Alex Anderson, left, work remotely from the Arlington Heights Library on Monday. They lost power at 9 p.m. Sunday night.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Part of Roselle Road in Roselle was blocked off Monday due to power lines down after the snowstorm.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
A utility pole came down during the blizzard on West Oakwood Drive in the Timberlake neighborhood north of Barrington.
Diane Dungey/ddungey@dailyherald.com
Justin Becker of Elgin removes snow from his driveway Monday after a heavy overnight snowstorm.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Drivers deal with snowy conditions on Route 20 in Elgin Monday morning.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Doug Turner of South Elgin shovels his driveway Monday after a heavy overnight snow.
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Katy Poteracki helps her kids, Michael, 4 and Nora, 3, right, through the deep snow while sledding at Sunset Meadows in Arlington Heights on Monday.
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Kids enjoy a day off of school by sledding at Sunset Meadows in Arlington Heights on Monday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
A sledder trudges through snow at Sunset Meadows in Arlington Heights on Monday.
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Mike Olandese of Wauconda shovels heavy snow from the end of his driveway Monday morning at his Indian Ridge Trail home.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A family of snowmen greet passersby along Indian Ridge Trail in Wauconda Monday morning.
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Trees are plastered with snow along N. Ridgemoor Avenue in Mundelein as residents dig out Monday morning from the overning storm.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Crews remove snow from traffic lights in Elk Grove Village on Monday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
An Illinios State Police officer pushes a car out of the snow on Route 53 in Schaumburg on Monday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
A work van whizzes by snow cover trees on Randall Road in St. Charles Monday..
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Sadie Ludwig, 9, left, tosses a hunk of ice out of the way as she and her sister Ava, 12, center, and friend Aubrey Dieckman build a snow front in front of the Ludwig home in Geneva Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Power and utility lines hug the ground after a pole fell over along Everett Road just west of Riverwoods Road near Lincolnshire Monday.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Tiga Gritzmacher of Arlington Heights does her school work in the Arlington Heights Library on Monday. Her power went out at 9p.m. Sunday night.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
The Arlington Heights Library was crowded Monday after many residents lost power following the snowstorm.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
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