Look at the left edge of this thing. It is getting big. So many families frightened by so many twitters and unleashing their fury. The angry funnel clouds show death and destruction crushing dozens of homes like cardboard boxes and injuring dozens of people. The raging storm swept through town after town like this one, long point, illinois. I we saw it coming toward our house. So when i seen it coming and we ran to the basement. It was gone within three or four. You can see what it has done here. It demolished everything. Reporter the one with a roof over their heads have no power. Hundreds of households have no electricity. The severe storm even threatened an nfl game. The game will be temporarily suspended. Umpires delayed the bearsravens match up. They went to seek shelter in the concourse. The game was eventually able to restart, but they are preparing for a long night as they begin the process of assessing the damage. Abc news, chicago. Abc7 news meteorologist leigh glaser is here
Of the effects will continue. Lets take a look. Our umbrella will be needed today. Showers will continue with mainly cloudy skies has a pitcher three degrees below average. Showers are likely. Flood warning is in effect for the north branch of the chicago river. We are expecting the water to rise as expected more rain coming. Dont try to drive across the roadways. And keep your kids across away from the waterways. More rain coming from the south and west. The cold front will arrive at 10 00 a. M. After that are temperatures will drop and the rain gets out. Only a 20 percent chance of rain. Here is the 3 day forecast. Todays high 66. Dry much of wednesday that showers return 55 on thursday. A far cry from 84. Here is the traffic a lot of flooding happening up with. Everything was flooded out along grade avenue and that stretch goes from first avenue. We hear that stretch of 41 between buckley and deer path road just opened. Either way, look for some high standing water. Take it easy thi
Take a look. To get a look at our day, have your umbrella handy because we are talking about showers and storms today. A better chance today than yesterday. 67 degrees right now. Midway reading at 71. Its 70 at ohare. Typical high is 74. We are already at a warm start. Light sprinkles this morning. I dont think were talking about heavy rain but a cold front is coming through late tonight with that, showers and storms. 77 by 5 00 p. M. 83 today. Storms are likely scattered showers early tomorrow. Thursday looks good high reaching 76 with sunshine. It looks look at the construction. No accidents at this point. Very light volume. Harrison bridge work going through september you can see a lot of traffic lining up already. All those zeros are indicating that traffic moving below the posted speed limit. Coming from 290 we have heavy police at 83 from maine. Down to single lane with bridge maintenance. Not being picked up until the middle of september. Will break down its construction hot spo
Degrees colder. These are current temperatures factor in the wind in disgusting up to 30 mi. Per hour with snow at this point we are already down to singledigit wind chills around the area. The thermometer will read in the teens during the day tomorrow look at what the wind chills will be doing tomorrow morning. We could have the coldest night of the winter and of the last two years. We will show you some big totals later up north of us. More than five years behind bars but tonight former gov. George ryan will sleep in his own bed at his own home tonight not as a halfwayat a Halfway House as expected. At almost 79 years of age former gov. George ryan left federal prison looking a bit thinner now looking to a day older than when he surrendered back in november of 2007 tonight he is here at home in kankakee a bit of a surprise ending when the general school of thought was that he would finish out his sentence and a chicago Halfway House it was 6 45 a. M. Dressed in a gray coat and accomp
930 last night along the 1600 block. Police say someone approached a 14 yearold and a 16 yearold from behind and opened fire. The under boiler shot in the back. He is in critical condition. The 16 yearold was hit in the side. If police spent much of the night gathering evidence at the scene. The latest neighborhood violence has some ready to relocate. My thing might be that might be best to leave. When people come visit and that is always in the back of your mind. I did not think that is how we should live. A rash of shootings over the Holiday Weekend all over the south side as the mayor speaking out. 8 people were killed and at least 36 injured in over 30 incidences since friday. The mayor called on all adults to pass along better values saying he is tired of making condolence calls. We as adults have not done our job. Im done making these phone calls. Last nights shooting remains under investigation and is not clear why the teenagers were out. Community activists say it should not ma