Weather Problems Continue

Weather continues to be a problem through the Midwest this morning. Yesterday afternoon and last night, severe storms hit the Chicago area and then rolled through northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Chicago officials responded to nearly 13-hundred calls of toppled trees. And in the suburbs, a warehouse roof collapsed, injuring 40 people. The storms forced airlines to cancel about 500 flights at O’Hare Airport last night. The planes that did fly were an average of two-and-a-half hours behind schedule.

As the storms rolled through northern Indiana, they brought down trees and power lines in several counties, including Noble and Huntington County. Nearly 50-thousand customers of Indiana Michigan Power lost electricity.

Downstate, extreme heat has forced schools in Indianapolis and other central Indiana cities to run on half-day schedules, because many of the schools have no air conditioning.