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Storms leave thousands without power across Illinois Valley · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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Speaker 1: Storms leave thousands without power across Illinois Valley. Written by
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Bill Frescos, This article is being read by an automated
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voice brought to you by Everlett. Thousands of Illinois Valley
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residents reported power outages as of Thursday afternoon following severe
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thunderstorms on Wednesday night. LaSalle County was among the hardest
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hit areas, with three hundred and fifty four customers still
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without electricity Thursday afternoon. Commonwealth Edison reported the largest number
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of outages in the county, followed by Ameron and corn
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Belt Energy Bureau. County reported about one hundred and seventy
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three customers without power Thursday afternoon, while Putnam County only
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had two reported outages. According to Power Outage Dot US COMMA,
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over one hundred forty five thousand households across Illinois remained
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without power on Thursday afternoon.