Power is still out in sections of Flossmoor and Homewood, and crews are busy with cleanup work after a strong storm moved through the area about 4 p.m. on Monday.
According to the ComEd outage map, at least 1,500 customers were without power as of about 9:30 am. Tuesday.
Outages are throughout Homewood and Flossmoor and included downtown Homewood and downtown Flossmoor. Homewood village hall was without power and remained closed Tuesday morning.
Homewood Public Works on Ashland Avenue was affected, too, Public Works Director John Schaefer said emergency generators were keeping essential functions going.
He said the storm caused scattered damage throughout the village, with some trees and limbs knocked down in the storm.
Flossmoor appeared to be hit harder, with the brunt of the storm apparently striking along a few blocks south of Flossmoor Road, where numerous tree limbs were down.
The intersection of Flossmoor Road and Governors Highway was closed for several hours after the storm, and Flossmoor Road remained closed for tree removal early Tuesday morning.
Flossmoor Public Works officials were in the field managing storm cleanup and were not available for comment.
A resident at the corner of Berry Lane and Sunset Avenue, who declined to give his last name, said he was still without power after an apparent lightning strike on a utility pole near his home.
Opal Powell, who works at Dunning’s Market on Sterling Avenue in downtown Flossmoor, said she left the shop just before the storm hit and was driving home through it, with high winds bending trees.
“It was scary,” she said.
Dunning’s Market sustained damage during the storm. A plate glass window was blown out. That appeared to be the most significant damage in the downtown area.
The storm also disrupted two school board meetings.
The Flossmoor District 161 board meeting was about to get started via video conference call when the storm hit. The meeting was postponed and will be rescheduled.
The Homewood District 153 meeting was delayed while board members moved from the darkened resource center to an area of the building where power was still on.
Chronicle editor Marilyn Thomas contributed to this report.
