Articles filed under Severe Weather
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More suburban schools call off Tuesday classesJan 27, 2014 11:00 am - Some of the suburban school districts that took a wait-and-see approach on whether to cancel classes for a second day this week because of the dangerously cold weather h...
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Worst temperatures over; wind chill warning remainsJan 27, 2014 4:00 am - Unfortunately, this is one time meteorologists didn't get their predictions wrong. As expected, dangerously cold temperatures settled in Tuesday, as temperatures reache...
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Suburban schools begin announcing Monday, Tuesday closingsJan 26, 2014 1:47 pm - With another blast of dangerously cold weather expected to descend upon the region overnight, some suburban school districts already are announcing that they’ll be close...
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Wind chill warning in effect especially north through noonJan 22, 2014 9:00 pm - The National Weather Service's Chicago office issued a wind chill warning for some suburbs, especially west and north, overnight through late this morning, as well as a ...
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More cold coming, big snow in some placesJan 20, 2014 3:00 pm - Forecasters say Illinois is poised to see more frigid weather. And lake-effect snow will hit some of the Chicago area hard. National Weather Service forecasters in t...
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Frigid air settling in Dakotas, moving eastwardJan 20, 2014 1:26 pm - MILWAUKEE — Another band of arctic air began creeping into the northern U.S. on Monday, bringing a wave of frigid temperatures that could linger for most of the week acr...
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Cold delays 70 mph sign installationJan 12, 2014 11:03 am - SPRINGFIELD — Last week’s frigid and snowy weather has delayed installing signs along Illinois interstates and tollways increasing the speed limit to 70 mph, state trans...
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The SoapboxJan 11, 2014 9:14 am - New to our weather lexicon: Just when we thought we had encountered every possible weather phenomenon — this is the Chicago area, after all — on Friday we were treated t...
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Quinn: FEMA appeal will focus on frigid weatherJan 10, 2014 4:17 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn says his appeal over denied federal disaster aid will focus on cleanup difficulties during the recent subzero temperatures. The Federal Eme...
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Cold weather claims 2 more victims in IllinoisJan 10, 2014 3:46 pm - Authorities are attributing two more deaths to cold weather in Illinois. The Cook County medical examiner’s office reported Friday that a 57-year-old woman died of hypot...