Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Hurricane Erin forecast to churn up dangerous swells and winds from Florida to New EnglandAug 19, 2025 8:48 pm - RODANTHE, N.C. — Hurricane Erin churned slowly toward the eastern U.S. on Tuesday, stirring up treacherous waves that already have led to dozens of water rescues and shut...
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Suburbs cleaning up from ‘microbursts’ as thousands remain without powerAug 17, 2025 2:30 pm - The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that microbursts hit the suburbs Saturday, causing damage across the area and leaving thousands without power.
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Milwaukee area drying out after weekend rain causes record flooding on multiple riversAug 11, 2025 2:57 pm - The Milwaukee area began drying out Monday after weekend rain hit unofficial state records of more than 14 inches in less than 24 hours, leading multiple rivers to flood at record-high levels, washing out vehicles, flooding basements and cutting power to thousands of homes.
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Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair as severe storms knock out power and close roadsAug 10, 2025 4:45 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) — Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists t...
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Wheaton replacing outdoor tornado sirenJul 28, 2025 4:21 pm - The city of Wheaton is replacing an outdoor weather siren on Morse Street near Wheaton North High School after recent high winds from a storm damaged the siren.
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Dangerous heat wave continues in suburbs todayJul 22, 2025 11:11 am - A potentially dangerous heat wave hit the Chicago area Wednesday morning and continues through Thursday, according to forecasts.
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Illinois firefighters join disaster response in TexasJul 14, 2025 7:35 pm - A team of Illinois firefighters has begun working search-and-rescue missions in flood-ravaged Texas as part of a national response to the crisis there.
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The search for missing of catastrophic flooding in Texas will resume after pausing due to rainJul 14, 2025 10:48 am - Rescue crews in Texas kept a wary eye on river levels Monday, hoping to resume the search for people still missing from catastrophic flooding that pummeled the central part of the state earlier this month and killed at least 132 people.
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Wildfire along Grand Canyon’s North Rim destroys historic lodge and is spreading rapidlyJul 14, 2025 10:19 am - A wildfire that leveled a historic lodge and a visitors center on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim grew rapidly more than a week after it began as firefighters pushed ahead Monday with efforts to slow its spread.
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He seeded clouds over Texas. Then came the conspiracy theories.Jul 12, 2025 6:00 am - Augustus Doricko knew when he founded a cloud-seeding start-up in 2023 that he’d have to contend with misunderstandings and conspiracy theories surrounding the technology. Still, he wasn’t quite prepared for the sheer volume of online fury he has faced in the wake of the catastrophic Texas floods that have killed more than 100 people and nearly twice that many missing.