ComEd says the outages are mainly in Cook, Winnebago and Stephenson counties. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for nine counties in northern and northeast Illinois until midnight.
Rain started moving through the area and is expected to continue into Friday, according to meteorologist Zachary Wack with the National Weather Service.
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