More bad weather is headed to Chicago while the city is still recovering from Wednesday night’s storm.
The Office of Emergency Management and Communications says it received 323 calls to 3-1-1 about traffic signals out and 4,857 calls about downed trees or branches by 10am Thursday.
In Irving Park, a tree branch crashed onto two minivans and pulled down a powerline.
Nancy Harty
A power outage at the busy Six Corners intersection of Irving Park, Cicero and Milwaukee led to long waits at blinking traffic lights.
A weather-related power outage forced the closure of the Cook County Courthouse in Markham.
The chief judge ordered some cases transferred to the Bridgeview Courthouse and others continued until June 25.
Chicago’s motto is Urbs in Horto, or city in a garden, with plenty of trees at risk during violent weather.
