An Air Quality Alert remains in effect for the Chicago area Friday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. The alert was extended to be in effect through Saturday night.
High standing water has closed the southbound lanes of the Bishop Ford Freeway Monday morning.
Strong storms in the Chicago area have caused flooding and dangerous conditions this weekend. The Bishop Ford Freeway was flooded in both directions on the South Side all day, and a woman died when a tree fell in the west suburbs.
Strong storms are tearing through the Chicago area Friday afternoon and evening, after many raked the area Thursday into Friday. Flooding is a concern for some counties.
Passengers on the CTA Yellow Line had to be rescued after part of a tree fell on the tracks during Thursday night's storms.
The Chicago area had another day of dangerously high heat Thursday, with strong storms also possible.