Gov. Patrick Quinn declared seven downstate counties disaster areas this morning after Sunday’s devastating storms and plans to tour some of the damaged areas today. Storms left at least six people dead, including three in Massac County, which borders Kentucky.
Champaign, Grundy, LaSalle, Massac, Tazewell, Washington and Woodford counties were all declared disaster areas.
About 19,000 customers still lack electricity following the storm, according to ComEd. Only 1,300 of those customers are in Chicago. The rest are mostly in the utility’s southern region – 11,200 – with about 1,000 down in the north region and 5,400 in the west region.
(Source: CHicago Tribune)
