A large block of ice mysteriously fell from the sky and crashed through the living room of a home.
Thursday's unseasonable cold and snow led to dangerous falling ice Friday in downtown Chicago as the sun and slightly warmer temperatures caused a thaw.
Large chunks of ice keep falling from skyscrapers all over the city, and police have shut down several streets downtown Thursday morning.
One person is recovering after they were hit by falling ice on the city's Uptown neighborhood.
Sidewalks around skyscrapers in downtown Chicago and on the Near North Side have been closed to pedestrians Wednesday to protect them from falling ice.
Chicagoans are dealing with falling ice and snow-packed alleys after a weekend of snowfall, and just before rising temperatures are set to bring on a melt.