Approximately 200 Commonwealth Edison customers, mostly Chicago residents, remain without power early Wednesday after thunderstorms passed through the Chicago area late Tuesday afternoon.

As of 4:30 a.m., about 200 Chicago customers remained in the dark, according to ComEd spokeswoman Arlana Johnson. This is down from the 450 outages reported throughout the ComEd service area as of 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.

At one point, there were as many as 15,000 customers who lost power at one time, Johnson said. Since the storm hit the Chicago area about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, there have been 39,200 customers that have had their power restored, she said.

Franklin Park was hit worst by the storms, which downed poles and wires. However, as of 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, only about 75 customers remained in the dark in the western suburb, Johnson said.

“There is extensive damage to that area (Franklin Park) due to poles being cracked,” she said. “Crews are working to restore power and clean up broken poles.”

_{©www.suntimes.com}