Strong winds knock down trees all over Chicago area, leaving thousands without power

Chicago storm: Strong winds knock down trees, power lines, rip off a roof

A strong storm that tore through the Chicago area on Saturday ripped the roof right off an apartment building. Power lines and trees were down all over the place. Nate Rodgers reports.

CHICAGO - Thousands of Chicago-area residents were without power on Saturday as a strong storm barreled through.

The wind gusts were up to 60 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

ComEd said that as of about 4 p.m., there were 1,354 outages affecting 28,535 customers.

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There were trees down in many places, including Chicago, Elgin, and Griffith, Indiana.

North Clifton Avenue in Wrigleyville, Chicago

The storm also blew the roof off of an apartment building in Elk Grove Village.

The National Weather Service said these peak wind gusts were recorded:

West Chicago - DuPage Airport 77 mph
Montrose Beach Light 65 mph
Waukegan Airport 64 mph
Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport 61 mph

According to the National Weather Service, there is a High Wind Warning in effect until 7 p.m. Saturday for the following counties: Central Cook County, DeKalb County, DuPage County, Eastern Will County, Grundy County, Kane County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, La Salle County, Lake County, McHenry County, Northern Cook County, Northern Will County, Southern Cook County, Southern Will County, Lake County, Newton County, Porter County, Jasper County.

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