Community Corner
Thousands Left Without Power In South Suburbs During Polar Vortex
ComEd has reported outages in villages and towns throughout the south suburbs as dangerously low temperatures have hit the area.
As we face the coldest temperatures that have hit the area in years, a number of south suburban residents have had to deal with the additional hardship of not having electricity. ComEd has reported thousands of outages throughout the morning on Wednesday. As of 11:30 a.m., many residents have remained without power. Here's a look at the number of customers affected by town in the south suburbs at that time.
- Alsip: less than 5
- Blue Island: less than 5
- Chicago (8th Ward): less than 5
- Chicago (17th Ward): less than 5
- Chicago (19th Ward): less than 5
- Chicago Heights: less than 5
- Crestwood: less than 5
- Flossmoor: 184
- Homewood: 29
- Lansing: less than 5
- Midlothian: less than 5
- Oak Forest: less than 5
- Oak Lawn: 480
- Orland Park: 101
- Palos Heights: less than 5
- Palos Hills: 1,387
- Sauk Village: 26
- South Holland: 39
- Thornton: less than 5
- Tinley Park: 5
- University Park: less than 5
Patch photo / Tim Moran: A ComEd truck responds to 91st and Central in Oak Lawn after a massive outage was reported in that area Wednesday morning.
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