Standing water, power outages after Tuesday storms; cold front, sharp winds coming today
Heavy storms late Tuesday resulted in power outages, downed trees and standing water, officials said.
Classes were canceled at Bartlett High School Wednesday due to the power outage. Wayne and Hawk Hollow elementary schools also are without power but remained in session, Elgin Area School District U-46 spokeswoman Mary Fergus said.
"Students are safe and supervised. About 3,100 students (are) impacted," she added.
A thunderstorm warning in effect for Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties expired at 10 p.m. Tuesday, but not before dumping more than 2 inches of rain in some areas.
Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Lakemoor, Lake Zurich and North Aurora took in between 1.8 inches and 2.8 inches of rain late Tuesday, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network released on its website.
John Schoen, spokesman for ComEd, said about 113,000 customers lost power during the height of the storms. The worst areas hit were in Crystal Lake, Elgin and Rockford.
Schoen said power has been restored to about 87,000 customers Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service said on its website that moderate rain with embedded thunder will diminish through Wednesday morning. A cold front will move in and lead to a sharp wind shift in the afternoon. The north winds will build waves across southern Lake Michigan, creating a swim risk across northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana beaches.
Skies remained cloudy Wednesday morning but it should become sunny in the afternoon with a high near 73, the weather service said.