Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Interstate 55 reopens near Channahon after tornado damageJul 18, 2024 8:04 am - Interstate 55 is reopen in both directions near Channahon after Monday’s tornadoes downed power lines and destroyed other nearby electrical infrastructure.
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20 tornadoes, including an EF-2, now confirmed during Monday’s stormsJul 17, 2024 10:25 am - National Weather Service survey teams have confirmed at least 20 tornadoes touched down during Monday night’s derecho.
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At least five tornadoes confirmed, thousands still without powerJul 16, 2024 7:15 pm - Thousands of people are still without power after severe storms rolled through the Chicago area late Monday, spawning multiple tornadoes, uprooting trees, downing power lines and killing at least one person in Indiana.
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Severe storms with tornado reports whip through Midwest, killing 1, cutting power to 460KJul 16, 2024 6:55 am - CHICAGO — Storms spawning multiple tornado reports blew through Iowa, Illinois — including Chicago — and Indiana on Monday, downing trees and power poles and cutting powe...
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3 suburban tornadoes Sunday, more Monday nightJul 15, 2024 3:00 pm - Meteorologists at the National Weather Service bureau in Romeoville have confirmed three EF-0 tornadoes, the least damaging types, touched down in the suburbs Sunday evening.
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Houston keeps buckling under storms like Beryl. The fixes aren’t coming fast enoughJul 11, 2024 2:05 pm - HOUSTON — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she went to a cooling center in...
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Houston residents left sweltering after Beryl with over 1.7 million still lacking powerJul 10, 2024 7:17 am - HOUSTON — The return of searing heat in the Houston area has deepened the misery for people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left resident...
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Beryl leaves hot misery in its wake as the still-dangerous storm churns into the U.S. interiorJul 09, 2024 8:05 am - HOUSTON — Many of the millions left without power when Hurricane Beryl crashed into the Houston area, killing several people and unleashing flooding, now face days withou...
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Beryl weakens to tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as Category 1 hurricaneJul 08, 2024 8:25 am - MATAGORDA, Texas — Beryl weakened to a tropical storm Monday hours after sweeping ashore in Texas, unleashing flooding and knocking out power to more than 1 million homes...
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Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat waveJul 04, 2024 11:36 am - Around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an “extremely dangerous and record-breaking” heat wave broils much of the country, according to the National Wea...