Images: Friday Severe Weather
Images from Friday's sudden rain and fast-moving severe weather in the suburbs of Chicago. Thousands were out of power in the region, and large trees were downed as the system moved through.
A motorist makes his along flooded South Street after the passage of Friday afternoon's storm in Arlington Heights.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
A tree on the north side of the property at South Middle School was severely damaged during Friday afternoon's storm in Arlington Heights.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Cars navigate fallen trees and a traffic light at the corner of Edison and Larkin after a storm rolled through Elgin Friday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Rain and wind pelt Spring Street in Elgin as storm rolls through Friday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Storm clouds hang low over Geneva on Friday afternoon. Severe storms moved through just north of Geneva.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
A Rolling Meadows Panera employee struggles to remove a patio umbrella in the midst of a torrential downpour Friday afternoon.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Two Rolling Meadows Panera employees struggle to remove a patio umbrella in the midst of a torrential downpour Friday afternoon.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Two Rolling Meadows Panera employees struggle to remove a patio umbrella in the midst of a torrential downpour Friday afternoon.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
A tree fell between the houses in the 200 block of Bissell Drive in Palatine . Homeowner Jean Baumann reports she was sleeping when the storm started. Her boyfriend woke her after he noticed the maple tree in their front yard bouncing. No one hurt, few shingle damaged. She's lived in the house 36 years
Deb Pankey/dpankey@dailyherald.com
A man trudges through a deluge of rain at Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee on Friday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Trees were knocked down in Friday afternoon's storms at Hawthorne Street near Dryden in Arlington Heights.
Rich Klicki/rklicki@dailyherald.com
Trees were knocked down in Friday afternoon's storms at Hawthorne Street near Dryden in Arlington Heights.
Rich Klicki/rklicki@dailyherald.com
Trees were knocked down in Friday afternoon's storms at Hawthorne Street near Dryden in Arlington Heights.
Rich Klicki/rklicki@dailyherald.com
A Mini Cooper is covered with a tarp after a tree fell on it in the Libertyville Metra Station parking lot following heavy thunder storms that moved through the area at about 3:00 pm. No one appeared to be injured.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
The owner of a Mini Cooper leaves her car after a tree fell on the vehicle in the Libertyville Metra Station parking lot following heavy thunder storms that moved through the area at about 3:00 pm. No one appeared to be injured.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
A building addition being constructed in Des Plaines collapsed during the height of Friday afternoon's storms. Four workers and one firefighter were injured.
Courtesy of Des Plaines Fire Department
A building addition being constructed in Des Plaines collapsed during the height of Friday afternoon's storms. Four workers and one firefighter were injured.
Courtesy of Des Plaines Fire Department
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