Emergency services officials urged residents of Wisconsin and Illinois to remain indoors as powerful storms battered the region on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
Over 300,000 people in Wisconsin and Illinois were left without power after storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday.
Illinois power company ComEd said that over 183,000 of its customers had lost power following the storms, while Wisconsin's We Energies said that more than 120,000 had lost power. Power lines were knocked down as the powerful storms wracked havoc on both states, leaving the utility companies to scramble to repair the damage and restore service in the areas that went dark.
Areas affected by the Illinois storms included the Chicago metro area, where more than half the outages were reported. Residents posted footage and photos of the storm causing lightning strikes in the city, as well as trees knocked over by heavy winds. In Chicago suburb Evanston, the fire department warned residents to stay indoors as the extreme weather was expected to continue into the late evening.
"Major storm knocks down trees across Evanston, resulting in massive power outage," the Evanston Fire Department tweeted."Storm activity expected to continue until late this evening. Stay safe and stay indoors!" 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.
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