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Nearly 75,000 Remain Without Power In Chicago, Most On South Side
A tornado touched down in Rogers Park. South Side neighborhoods got hit with most power outages after Monday's derecho caused heavy damage.
CHICAGO — Nearly 75,000 ComEd customers in Chicago remained without electricity Tuesday after a derecho — a widespread, long-lived wind storm — that produced 90 mph wind gusts, dropped quarter-sized hail struck the city Monday afternoon.
A ComEd spokeswoman said most customers should expect their service restored by Friday, with areas that suffered the heaviest damage coming online Saturday.
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As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, city 311 and 911 operators had fielded 8,859 calls reporting non-functioning traffic lights, downed trees and storm damage., including 559 downed power lines and 3,500 felled trees, officials said.
Around 4 p.m., a tornado briefly touched down in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood before moving out over Lake Michigan and becoming a waterspout, according to the weather service.
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South Side neighborhoods including Roseland, Morgan Park and Beverly were most affected by outages. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she has been pushing ComEd to send more repair crews to those areas as part of a "very robust" response across multiple city agencies.
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