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ComEd has indicated that more than 615,000 Chicago-area customers are presently without electricity. Approximately 45 percent of these outages (280,000) are localized across the northern suburbs. Earlier - ComEd is reporting that more than 80,000 customers in Illinois' northern region are without power due to the severe thunderstorm earlier this morning. ComEd spokeswoman Arlana Johnson says about 28,000 customers were still in the dark Friday morning. Johnson says the bulk of those are in Chicago's northern suburbs, where strong winds downed tree limbs and power lines. The storm pelted parts of Northern Illinois with golf ball-sized hail. And a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Chicago says a gauge on the beach at Waukegan Harbor registered a hurricane-strength wind gust of 94 mph. Waukegan is about 40 miles north of Chicago. There are nearly 400 crews out currently working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.” Northbrook Public Wo...