Articles filed under Weather
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What do you save first when the storm hits?Oct 31, 2021 6:26 pm - Medicine, golf clubs, collector trains and ferrets. Suburban homeowners grabbed these and other valuables as rain struck, electricity failed and flooding loomed late th...
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Power outages create demand on merchantsOct 31, 2021 6:24 pm - After storms cut power, uprooted trees and flooded streets, some local businesses Friday found gold at the end of the rainbow. But it was a frustrating way to earn a li...
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Cleaning up after a floodOct 31, 2021 6:22 pm - Local health department authorities offer the following tips on keeping you and your family safe, as well as how to clean up your home: •Never eat anything that's touche...
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Take heart, flood of 1987 was much worseOct 31, 2021 6:23 pm - Current flooding in Chicago's suburbs is undeniably bad -- but we've been through worse. Rising waters are prompting comparisons to notorious floods from two decades ago...
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A silver lining in the wake of unrelenting storm woesOct 31, 2021 6:23 pm - Storms mean the kids' game got canceled, the putting greens are too slow, the koi pond spilled onto the patio, the cable is out, curse that lousy sump pump, the basement...
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Homes, businesses await service, cleanup goes onOct 31, 2021 6:24 pm - Chain saws ripped into tall trees sprawled over streets, cars and homes. Pumps pulled dark water from dank basements. Traffic signals surged again to life. But repair...
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Fox Valley's folk festival falls victim to floodingOct 31, 2021 6:26 pm - Fox River flooding has silenced the annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival. Festival organizers canceled the Labor Day weekend event Friday morning. "We'...
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Midwest deals with water overflowOct 31, 2021 6:25 pm - OTTUMWA, Iowa -- Heavy thunderstorms flooded portions of the central United States again Friday, knocking out the water supply in one Iowa city and disrupting a major tr...
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No rhyme or reason to storm's pathOct 31, 2021 6:25 pm - Nature's wrath seemed to pick favorites during this week's powerful storms, whose path of destruction through Northwest suburban neighborhoods, strip malls and industria...
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Fox River residents clean up as river keeps risingOct 31, 2021 6:21 pm - West Dundee homeowner talking about what it was like when the microburst hit his home (MP3 Audio) The Fox River continued to rise Friday as area residents were still...