Scattered Outages Remain after Storms Blast the Region

Throughout the Chicago region 70,000 customers remain without power after storms blasted through are between 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wind gusts up to 70 mph knocked out more than 300,000 throughout the Chicago metropolitan region. The south region got hit the hardest. More than 49,000 are still without power.

In Frankfort, the ComEd outage map shows numerous outages affecting between 5 and 50 customers.

Ashley Dennison, ComEd spokesperson said, the company has no specific restoration schedule. "We're working as fast as we can," she said. The ComEd outage map, however, notes that power should back on by 11 p.m. Thursday for some pockets of the community.

READ: Storm Causes Thousands to Lose Power in L-W Communities

Known outages in Frankfort encompass pockets throughout the community:

• W. Francis Road, east of 84th and 80th Avenues

• W. Francis Road in the area between Grand Prairie Avenue and S. White Fence Court

Outages near 80th Avenue and 191st Street:

• Area of S. 80th Ave and W. North Avenue

• Greenway Boulevard

• Trinity Circle 

Outages near Route 30 between 80th and S. 79th Avenues:

• Woodvale Road

Outages from 80th Avenue east to Route 45 

• E. Nebraska Street between Larch and Azalea Roads 

• Franklin Avenue at Willow Street

• Oakton Court between Route 45 and Laraway Road 

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