Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with a slow drenchingSep 14, 2020 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Sally, one of a record-tying five storms churning simultaneously in the Atlantic, closed in on the Louisiana-Mississippi coast Monday with rapidl...
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From heat to snow: Rocky Mountains see 60-degree plunge, high windsSep 08, 2020 1:00 am - Summer came to an abrupt halt in parts of the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday as temperatures reaching into the 90s plunged by around 60 degrees in less than 24 hours, with a...
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Laura carves destructive path through Louisiana; 4 deadAug 27, 2020 1:00 am - LAKE CHARLES, La. - One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast on Thursday, shearing off roofs and killing a least four people, as La...
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Laura strengthens into 'extremely dangerous' Category 4Aug 26, 2020 1:00 am - DELCAMBRE, La. - Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable" ...
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Constable: Are the End Times here? Well, no, says biblical scholarAug 25, 2020 5:30 am - A fridge-sized asteroid hurtles toward Earth as we cope with a pandemic, horrific storms, racial atrocities, wildfires, violence and political pandemonium. "We are at th...
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Hundreds of thousands ordered to flee coast ahead of LauraAug 25, 2020 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - More than half a million people were ordered to evacuate the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam ...
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Weather Service confirms 14 tornadoes hit northern IllinoisAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down Monday in northern Illinois when a rare storm known as a derecho swept parts...
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Cleanup continues after 15 tornadoes confirmed during Monday's derechoAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - More than 1,300 ComEd customers in Lombard were still without electricity Thursday as cooling centers opened in the aftermath of a tornado that left a 2-mile-long trail ...
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Tornadoes confirmed in Lombard, Wheaton as derecho was 'significant' even for weather expertsAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - Even among weather experts, the powerful storm known as a derecho that struck the suburbs Monday was something they won't soon forget. Defined by the National Weather Se...
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Derecho topples Wheaton church steeple, causes other damage across suburbsAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - A rare derecho - described as an "inland hurricane" - swept through the suburbs Monday, causing widespread property damage and leaving tens of thousands without power. S...