CHICAGO (CBS) — There were no tornadoes like Monday night, but severe storms that pounded the Chicago area Tuesday evening did plenty of damage.
The Evanston Fire Department reported the storms knocked down trees all around the northern suburb, resulting in a massive power outage.
Major storm knocks down trees across Evanston, resulting in massive power outage. Storm activity expected to continue until late this evening. Stay safe and stay indoors! Contact 1-800-Edison to report a line down. @CityofEvanston @EvanstonPD @EvanstonNow @patrickhughesjr pic.twitter.com/lvs7TyVzEP
— Evanston Fire (@EvanstonFD) August 11, 2021
Trees also came down in Skokie and left streets blocked.
Debris that came down also led to the suspension on the Chicago Transit Authority Yellow Line, and Metra service on the Union Pacific-North, Northwest, and West lines were also suspended.
CTA Brown Line trains were also standing at Sedgwick due to debris on the tracks.
In the city, wind also brought down a tree at Touhy and Kedzie avenues in West Ridge, a tree came down onto a house in the 6600 block of North Talman Avenue, and a light pole and a tree came down in the 6000 block of West Irving Park Road. There were also reports of flooding on the Stevenson Expressway at Pulaski Road.
Earlier, damage was reported in McHenry County. In Crystal Lake, video showed a garage came down, and there were reports of trees down in Lake in the Hills, and East Oak Street at Hilltop Drive was closed.
Large branches also came down in the Elmhurst area, and shingles were blown off a roof in Grayslake. There were unconfirmed reports from a spotter of power outages with transformers blowing, as well as garbage cans blowing around.
In Oak Brook, CBS 2’s Meredith Barack reported power lines came down at Midwest and Butterfield roads and started fires.
Moments later: @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/79nqvLU1Xy
— Meredith Barack (@MeredithBarack) August 11, 2021
In Oak Lawn, a large limb was down on Cicero Avenue at 83rd Street.
From my sister in Crystal Lake il #ilwx @NWSChicago pic.twitter.com/qTihM1phhs
— Ryan (@Ryanilwx) August 11, 2021
In Grayslake, Jess Guenther reported a tree came down on her house.
Tree in my house: Eastlake Farm Grayslake @LMCScanner @WindyCityWxMan @breakingweather @LakeCountyAlert pic.twitter.com/pRMffns5ia
— Jess Guenther (@jess_guenther) August 11, 2021
In Kenosha, Wisconsin, there were multiple reports of trees and wires down. Police there advised the public to use extreme caution and stay inside.
We have multiple reports of trees and wires down in the city. Use extreme caution and stay indoors. Do not go near downed wires.
Emergency- 911
Non Emergency- 262-656-1234
— Kenosha Police Dept. (@KenoshaPolice) August 11, 2021
A total of 110,000 ComEd customers were reported to be without power as of 8 p.m. It was not immediately confirmed where the customers were.