Of importance today...

The remains of Edouard kept soaking Texas this morning; a State in desperate need of rain since precipitation has only been 15% of normal since May over much of the State. Edouard took power away from about 37,000 people, actually less folks than were affected by the Illinois tornadoes two days ago.

Trees are still down and buildings are boarded up throughout the Chicago suburbs as crews are only now really beginning to clean things up after Tuesday storms. The tornadoes and high winds damaged at least 25 homes as well as numerous businesses. Lightning also was blamed for starting fires throughout the area.

The storm caused the interruption of a Cubs game where fans were evacuated from the stands and the upper levels of O’Hare airport were also evacuated during the storms. One of our trackers reported trees and landscaping destroyed in the Bloomingdale area as well as many stores damaged; the tornado apparently formed just west of Route 59 in Bartlett and headed East throughout the densely populated suburbs.

During all of this, the new KHAS-TV Chasing4Life StormChase Team promo video began running on KHAS-TV today and it is awesome so watch for it!