Articles filed under Severe Weather
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DuPage government buildings blacked outOct 31, 2021 6:15 pm - Power outages caused by Thursday night's thunderstorms today shut down the DuPage County government center, including the health department and courthouse. Officials sai...
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Raindrops slow, but don't stop, outdoor work or playOct 31, 2021 6:15 pm - When you work outside, you just make do -- no matter what the weather is. If you mow lawns for a living, you tighten your grip on the mower and walk through the rain dro...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaOct 31, 2021 6:14 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Update: 4 counties declared disaster areasOct 31, 2021 6:11 pm - Emergency state resources are now available to suburbs in Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to help repair damage caused by mass flooding and violent storms that pum...
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Governor cuts flood control spending, tours floodingOct 31, 2021 6:20 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban lawmakers were stunned Friday to find Gov. Rod Blagojevich touring area flooding and promising to do all he could to help, given that just 24 hour...
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Lake County chairman declares state of emergencyOct 31, 2021 6:19 pm - Lake County Board Chairwoman Suzi Schmidt has declared Lake County is in a state of emergency and disaster. By itself, the declaration has no real impact. But it paves t...
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We might be in time, Gurnee mayor saysOct 31, 2021 6:13 pm - Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik said today that the massive volunteer effort to sandbag homes and businesses along the Des Plaines River may save the village from terrible...
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Storms force Opening night football cancellationsOct 31, 2021 6:20 pm - The severe storms that have rattled the suburbs over the past few days have also wreaked havoc on the opening night of high school football throughout the Daily Herald a...
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Strong winds, fast downpour create havocOct 31, 2021 6:17 pm - Two lines of severe thunderstorms ripped through the Tri-Cities late Thursday afternoon and early evening, leaving behind a mess of downed power lines, tree limbs and fl...
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Fluke front is to blame for all this rainOct 31, 2021 6:17 pm - Will it ever stop raining? State climatologists and meteorologists say yes, but just not right now. Experts say that's because the heavy August rainfall on northern Il...