Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Tornado oddities: A glass case that didn't break, a picture frame that didn't budgeJun 26, 2021 1:00 am - The tornado peeled off the roof of Bridget Casey's home in Woodridge, chewing and spitting out insulation all over the wreckage. But on the wall of her youngest son's be...
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Sirens might not be enough: Why you should have multiple weather alert systems at your disposalJun 25, 2021 5:30 am - Bill Kelly and his daughter didn't even make it down the stairs before the windows in their Naperville home shattered around them. After hearing a tornado siren late Sun...
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Up to six inches of rain expected throughout weekendJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - Up to six inches of rain is expected throughout much of the suburbs over the weekend, which could lead to flash flooding in some areas, National Weather Service forecast...
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Tornado-stricken neighborhoods make progress on cleanupJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - A resource center for tornado victims will open this weekend in an American Red Cross shelter in Woodridge as cleanup efforts continue in neighborhoods left in disarray ...
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Constable: Priest says tornadoes are not acts of his GodJun 24, 2021 5:30 am - The randomness of tornadoes is difficult to explain, says a priest who ministered through one of our state's deadliest storms in 1990. He heard the questions then. Why d...
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Sirens across Northwest suburbs triggered by mistakeJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - Tornado sirens that sounded across the Northwest suburbs after 1 p.m. Thursday were the result of a malfunction during tests, and despite storms in the area, there was n...
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Pregnant Woodridge woman severely injured, loses unborn child to tornado traumaJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - A tree that crashed through a Woodridge house during the tornado Sunday night caused lasting damage beyond repair for one family. Katie Wilson was pregnant with her seco...
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Local BBB offers tips to avoid "storm chaser" scamsJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - The Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois (BBB) has offered up a list of tips for victims of severe storms so they can avoid being scammed by shoddy co...
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Letter from the Editor: Sunday's tornadoes took me right back to 1990Jun 23, 2021 1:00 am - I've been thinking a lot about the tornadoes that wreaked havoc down in the West suburbs over the weekend. While tornadoes, or at least the weather that can cause them, ...
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How Chicago-area storm chasers tracked Sunday's tornado in Naperville, WoodridgeJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - The conditions were ripe for severe weather Sunday night as storm chaser Curtis Lergner and his team headed home after tracking a tornado in Iowa. But he wasn't expectin...