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Betty Pemble clears branches off her driveway along Arnold St. and Rt. 59 Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Plainfield. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Plainfield resident John Curtis helps clean up at the Pemble residence off Arnold Street. in Plainfield, IL, June 30, 2012. Residents throughout Will County were cleaning up Saturday from the severe storms the night before. Tens of thousands were still without power Saturday. Matt Grotto | Sun-Times Media
Down lines at Main Street and Des Plaines Street in Plainfield, IL. June 30, 2012. The damage was caused by a severe thunderstiorms that hit the Will County area Friday, June 29, causing downed trees and widespread power outages. Matt Grotto | Sun-Times Meida
Linda Green checks the damage to her 27-foot Colorado blue spruce tree (left) and 15-foot Austrian pine tree (right) at her New Lenox residence off Spring Creek Street. Storms ravaged Will County Friday, June 29, 2012, causing widespread power outages and property damage. Matt Grotto | Sun-Times Media
Linda Green looks at the damage to her 27-foot Colorado blue spruce tree (foreground) and 15-foot Austrian pine tree (background) off Spring Creek St. Saturday, June 30, 2012, in New Lenox. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tree split in half in the backyard of a home at 302 Farrell Road in unincorporated Homer Township Saturday, June 30, 2012. Several trees at the home were severely damaged during Friday night's storms that caused power outages and property damage across Will County. Submitted photo | Jean Hartford
Barricades and cones block a down line at Des Plaines and Main streets Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Plainfield. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A fallen tree blocks Gougar Rd. just south of Francis Rd. Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Joliet. Traffic was able to get by through a nearby parking lot. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A fallen tree blocks Gougar Rd. just south of Francis Rd. Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Joliet. Traffic was able to get by through a nearby parking lot. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tree with limbs down at 302 Farrell Road in unincorporated Homer Township Saturday, June 30, 2012. Several trees at the home were severely damaged during Friday night's storms that caused power outages and property damage across Will County. Submitted photo | Jean Hartford
Nick Szalinski stands under one of the trees damaged at his residence in the 300 block of Farrell Road in unincorporated Homer Township Saturday, June 30, 2012. Several trees at the home were severely damaged during Friday night's storms.
Tree torn off at the base at a house along Katherine Street between Muehl and LeJeune streets in Lockport Saturday, June 30, 2012. Lockport was one of the hardest hit areas from Friday night's severe thunderstorms. Submitted photo | Jean Hartford
Tree lies ripped apart in the front yard of a house in Third Street in downtown Lockport Saturday, June 30, 2012. This was a common scene in Lockport and several Will County communities in the wake of Friday night's severe thunderstorms that brought with them winds in excess of 60 mph. Submitted photo | Jean Hartford
Residents and business across Will, Kendall and Grundy counties spent the weekend cleaning up from a massive series of storms that caused widespread property damage and knocked out power to nearly 60,000 ComEd customers in those areas. The area was also blanketed under intense heat …