More than 9,000 people in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana remained without power Friday morning after severe thunderstorms tore across the Chicago area Thursday, leaving a trail of downed power lines and trees in its path.

After a spell of rain and cooler weather, high temperatures will roll across Chicago and the suburbs later this week. Dangerously high heat and humidity are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, with the National Weather Service issuing a extreme heat watch early Monday.

Chicagoans are stepping up to help one another during another heat wave in the city. The temperature reached 94 degrees Wednesday, with a heat index of 105, according to the National Weather Service. An extreme heat warning is in effect through much of Thursday, when temperatures are forecast at a high of 94 and a heat index of 103.

Potentially dangerous storms accompanied by damaging winds and hail were possible in the Chicago area on Friday night.

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the Quad Cities and downstate Lincoln.

The heat index is expected to hit 105 to 115 degrees in the metro area on Wednesday. The setting sun won't provide much relief — temperatures will likely remain above 90 degrees into the evening hours.

The National Weather Service released an updated flash flood warning at 4:08 a.m. on Friday in effect until 8:30 a.m. The warning is for Johnson, Wyandotte, Clay, Jackson, Miami, Cass and Ray counties.

Top weather news for. Another day of scattered heavy thunderstorms inside what forecasters called a juicy, "tropical-like" air mass Saturday has renewed the risk of flash flooding from Iowa to Pennsylvania,