Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Midwest under high storm threatNov 17, 2013 7:44 am - A number of Midwestern states are awakening to the threat of a high risk of severe thunderstorms. The National Weather Service says parts of Illinois, Indiana, southern ...
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Colliding fronts creating Chicago area weather havocNov 16, 2013 1:28 pm - Hazardous weather warnings for the Chicago area have been issued by the National Weather Service. A warm front Saturday brought high winds and rain that are expected to ...
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Images: Haiyan DevastationNov 15, 2013 6:16 pm - ...
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Falling temps, snow create some icy road conditionsNov 11, 2013 6:49 am - Rain on Monday afternoon turned into the season’s first accumulating snowfall just before rush hour, leading to icy roads in parts of Lake, McHenry and Cook counties. Mu...
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Suburban Filipinos pray for typhoon victims, wait to hear from familyNov 10, 2013 7:30 pm - Worshippers at the Northwest Filipino Baptist Church in Elk Grove Village bowed their heads and held hands Sunday as they prayed for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. The d...
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One of world’s strongest storms blasts PhilippinesNov 08, 2013 5:58 am - MANILA, Philippines — One of the strongest storms on record slammed into the central Philippines, killing more than 100 people whose bodies lay in the streets of one of ...
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Texas flooding kills 1, prompts dozens of rescuesOct 31, 2013 6:07 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — One man was killed as heavy rains across Central Texas swelled rivers and creeks and triggered flash flooding Thursday, prompting dozens of rescues acros...
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How Sandy went from ‘boring’ to killer superstormOct 27, 2013 6:08 pm - WASHINGTON — It was the moment a run-of-the-mill hurricane mutated into a monster named Sandy. Paradoxically, it was the same time Sandy lost much of its wind power, dro...
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Storm weakens off Mexico coast, still rain threatOct 22, 2013 6:12 pm - ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Raymond weakened to barely a Category 1 storm Tuesday while still stalled off Mexico’s Pacific coast, pumping rain onto an already sodden re...
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Only 20 tornadoes recorded in Illinois so far this yearOct 10, 2013 4:08 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois has experienced only a third of the number of tornadoes typically recorded over the course of a year, weather officials said. The (Springfield) St...