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80K Still Without Power After Storms Pummel Chicago Area, ComEd Says

80K Still Without Power After Storms Pummel Chicago Area ComEd Says
More than 80,000 ComEd customers were still without power Wednesday morning after storms pummeled northern Illinois with ferocious winds reaching 60 miles per hour in some locations.
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80K Still Without Power After Storms Pummel Chicago Area, ComEd Says The utility said it expects that 80% of outages will be restored by 11 p.m. Wednesday while the remaining outages are likely to be restored by 3 p.m. Friday
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>> ANOTHER NIGHT, ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS. PEOPLE HAVE TO CLEAN UP AGAIN TODAY AS MORE TREES AND DEBRIS FELL AROUND HOMES IN THE CHICAGO AREA. NBC 5's LISA CHAVARRIA JOINS US LIVE FROM EVANSTON THIS MORNING. AND, LISA, NOW THAT THE SUN IS COMING UP, HOW DOES IT LOOK THERE. >> Reporter: PATRICK, YOU SEE THE MAGNY TIED OF THE WIND THAT KNOCKED DOWN A TREA OF THIS SIZE. YOU SEE HOW HIGH IT IS. THIS IS NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF SHERMAN AVENUE OFF KOUFAX HERE IN EVANSTON. IF WE SHOW YOU MORE TO THIS SIDE, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT WAS CRUSHED BY THIS MASSIVE TREE. WE HAD A CHANCE A SHORT TIME AGO TO SPEAK WITH A RESIDENT WHO LIVES IN THE BUILDING THAT IS JUST NEXT TO THIS TREE WHO HEARD AND SAW ALL OF I. TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE WERE SITTING NEAR THE WINDOW HAVING A CONVERSATION, AND WE HEARD THE WINDS PICK UP JUST VERY, VERY SUDDENLY. WE LOOKED TOUT WINDOW, AND ALL OF THE TREES WERE SWAYING, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. AND THEN A SECOND LATER, WE HEARD THIS HUGE CRASH, AND IT WAS DARK, SO IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, AND WE SAW THE TREE UPROOTED, AND WE COULDN'T BELIEVE OUR EYES. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT THEY FEEL VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF HOW THE WEIGHT OF THIS TREE -- IT LIFTED UP THEIR SIDEWALK JUST OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUILDING HERE AND IT FELL, COPPING ACROSS THE STREET, CRUSHED THIS VEHICLE. THE GOOD NEWS HERE, IF THERE'S EVERY GOOD NEWS, NO ONE WAS INJURED. NO ONE WAS HERE AT THE TIME, SO AT LEAST SOME GOOD NEWS. A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN WAKING UP AND COMING OUT AND STARING AWE STRZOK. ONE NEIGHBOR STARTED TO TEAR UP BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE LOVED THIS TREE. IT WAS ONE OF HER FAVORITE SPOTS ALONG SHERMAN AVENUE, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOW GONE BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WE SAW LAST NIGHT. REPORTING LIVE IN EVAN","video_id":"1931839043984_265","video_length":"123657","video_provider":"mpx","alleypack_schedule_unpublish":"","feed_remote_id":"mpx_1931839043984","feed_thumbnail_url":""}" data-livestream="false" data-title="Severe Weather Across Chicago Area Causes Flooding and Damage" data-vidcid="1:6:2587855" data-vidurl="https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/severe-weather-across-chicago-area-causes-flooding-and-damage/2587855/" data-islead="true" data-catnames="{"196993":"News","359":"Local","27791":"Top Videos","588":"Weather"}" data-tagnames="{"282608":"chicago power outages","266297":"chicago severe weather","2951":"Chicago Weather","4062":"ComEd","275837":"comed outages","282152":"comed power outages","300415":"illinois storms","230819":"power outages","386626":"weather radar"}" data-customdata="{"ContentPartner":"None","Source":"WEBFM","SyndicationAllowed":"true","mSNVideoCategories":"MSN Video v4 Connector-most watched news","mSNVideoContentSupplierID":"NBC_Local","mSNVideoCountry":"us","subtitle":"nosubtitle","uploadedByTeam":"1","youtubeChannel":"None"}" data-autoplay="true" data-cplay="true">
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More than 80,000 ComEd customers were still without power Wednesday morning after storms pummeled northern Illinois with ferocious winds reaching 60 miles per hour in some locations.

ComEd said on its website that it had deployed more than 700 crews to work around the clock to restore power. The utility said that based on the "history of similar storms of this size," it expects that 80% of outages will be restored by 11 p.m. Wednesday while the remaining outages are likely to be restored by 3 p.m. Friday.

The utility announced Tuesday that it was opening its Emergency Operations Center and was positioning equipment and additional crews to combat power outages as the storms approached the area.

Customers are urged to call 1-800-EDISON1 if they see a downed power line, and to never approach downed power lines.

Customers can also text the word OUT to 26633 to report outages and to receive updates on when power will potentially be restored. Customers can also follow the company on Twitter @ComEd, or on Facebook for more information.

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