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Severe weather on Tuesday brought deadly tornadoes to Iowa knocking down wind turbines and setting them ablaze. In Illinois, strong winds and dust storms toppled numerous trees, leaving a trail of destruction and power outages in the area.

Chicago area power outages continued Wednesday morning after a system of severe weather Tuesday brought deadly tornadoes to Iowa and downed trees, strong winds and dust storms to Illinois.

The Chicago area is at an “enhanced’ risk of severe weather on Tuesday night, but gusty winds out ahead of the storms are already causing serious issues, with thousands left without electricity.

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With freezing rain expected to cause ice accumulations across the Chicago area, ComEd is preparing for the event of any power outages caused by that ice.

Iisha Scott has the latest forecast update for the Chicago area.

The entire Chicago area was under a winter storm warning Friday, with some counties already seeing heavy and wet “bursts” of snow as a powerful winter snowstorm began to take hold across all of Northeastern Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

A powerful winter storm is already having big impacts on electricity in the Chicago area, with thousands of customers without power.

With heavy snow and gusty winds on the way, ComEd says it is preparing to respond to any power grid issues in coming days.

Pete Sack has the latest forecast update for the Chicago area as the region braces for its first snowstorm of the season.

Sudden power outages in the Chicago area affected thousands of residents Friday afternoon, particularly on the Southwest Side of Chicago and nearby suburbs, according to ComEd.

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More than 100 flights were canceled at Chicago airports as storms made their way into the area Wednesday.

More than 13,000 ComEd customers are without power on Wednesday evening as severe weather hammers the area.

Despite heavy rain fall in Chicago-area, drought condition continues as most of rain ran off instead of soaking in. Sustained, slow rainfall over multiple days is needed to make a significant dent in the drought deficit.

Pete Sack has the latest forecast update for the Chicago area.