Photos: Last Night’s Spectacular Lightning Show

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Nov 12, 2015 3:42PM

A storm system rolled through the Chicago area Wednesday night, bringing rain and high gusts of win and leaving some damage in its wake.

The area is still under a wind advisory warning—with gusts over 50 miles per hour predicted—Thursday even as the storms diminish. Some suburban homes experienced extensive rain, wind and lightning damage, according to ABC7. The storm also caused flight delays and cancellations at O'Hare and Midway airports.

In response to the predictions and reports that debris had been kicked up by the wind and struck two semi trucks, Chicago police shut down some of the Skyway on Thursday morning from 91st Street to 106th Street.

Photos of the clouds rolling in, lightning above the city and damage caused by fallen tree branches were scattered around social media Thursday morning:

A branch fell on a car near the corner of Dickens and Winchester, damaging the roof. Photo posted to the Bucktown Community News Facebook group