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 New Lenox, the ComEd outage map shows numerous outages affecting between 5 and 50 customers. ComEd reports more than 475 customers in the Riivendell subdivision near Lincoln-Way Central High School are without power.

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 New Lenox encompass pockets throughout the community:

• S. Spencer Road between Illinois Highway and Laraway Road

• W. Joliet Highway between Wisconsin Road and S. Cedar Road

• W. Haven Avenue and Gear Road

• Oak and Hickory Streets

• 100 block of Haines Avenue

• N. Cedar Road between Hawthorne Lane and Oakview Drive

• N. Cedar Road and Aspen Street

• N. Cedar Road at Beverly Road and Terry Ellen Lane

Numerous outages in the area of E. Francis Road:

• Edmonds Avenue, Thomas Lane, Woodside Drive and between Woodside Drive and Marley Road.

 For more information, visit the online ComEd outage map.

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