Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Cleanup kits coming to Fox LakeAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Cleanup kits have been ordered by Fox Lake officials to help people whose homes and businesses were damaged in this month's floods. Ed Lescher, head of the Fox Lake Eme...
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Getting back on your feet after stormAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Here are some tips on how to handle insurance claims, ComEd and contractors: Who Pays? Even if it is your neighbor's tree in your back yard, it is likely your insurance ...
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The cleanup continuesAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Fox Valley residents aren't out of the woods just yet. But with water levels dropping along the Fox River, local officials say the cleanup effort is well under way after...
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Chain O' Lakes should begin recedingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chain O' Lakes seems to have crested and should begin dropping, barring any further rain, officials said today. Officials said the Chain rose to 7 feet above normal...
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Thousands of trees, gone?Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It was a grim weekend for tree huggers in the Northwest suburbs. By the time all the brush has been cleared and the trees inspected, the area will easily have lost hundr...
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3 deaths, 4 days without powerAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Autopsy results show DuPage County was home to one of three deaths attributable to last week's violent storm. A 67-year-old Florida man suffered a fatal head injury when...
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Cleaning up at Gurnee Grade SchoolAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - With their building surrounded by sandbags and the swollen Des Plaines River lurking nearby, children won't lack for excitement when they start the new academic year tod...
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Briefs: Sandbag material availableAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Wauconda's public works department is offering residents materials that they may need to sandbag areas of property. The village will supply empty bags and bulk sand, del...
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Residents hope worst of flooding overAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Relief can't come soon enough for Dale Miller, whose Atwood Park subdivision home is in the heart of the Fox Lake flood zone. He sandbagged and pumped water for about a...
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Assessing the damage and hopingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Paul Ruby crossed his fingers Monday and brought in the sandbags that surround the Herrington Inn and Spa. "Hopefully it wasn't premature," said Ruby, general manager o...