Flight Cancellations at O'Hare, Midway Stack Up As Severe Weather, Hail Pummels Chicago Area

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Flight Cancellations at O'Hare, Midway Stack Up As Severe Weather, Hail Pummels Chicago Area
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As heavy rain, thunder and golf ball-sized hail hammers the Chicago area Tuesday, flight delays and cancellations are piling up at O’Hare and Midway International Airports, snarling the spring break and Holy Week plans of many hopeful travelers.

that it is positioning equipment and mobilizing additional crews in case more severe weather arrives Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.

“After a significant effort to restore our communities to normal, we are geared up for this next round of storms,” VP of Distribution Operations Dave Perez said in a statement, referring to Friday's storms, which knocked out power to more than 90,000. A severe thunderstorm warning was also issued for LaSalle County initially as a dangerous storm system had started moving in, prompting forecasters to urge residents to"take cover." Warnings were issued for western Kendall, northern LaSalle and southern DeKalb counties until 1 p.m. and for northern DeKalb, northwestern Kane and southwestern McHenry counties until 1:30 p.m.

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