Articles filed under Severe Weather
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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.
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State Farm plans big insurance hike for Illinois homeowners, citing severe weatherJul 11, 2025 1:48 pm - Illinois homeowners are facing a sharp increase in insurance premiums soon, as State Farm implements a hike for both new and renewing homeowners’ policies across the state.
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3 dead as flash flooding hits mountain village of Ruidoso in New Mexico, officials sayJul 09, 2025 7:54 am - Monsoon rains in southern New Mexico triggered flash flooding that killed three people and was so intense an entire house was swept downstream in a mountain village that is a popular summer retreat, officials said.
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Officials push away questions about lack of widespread warnings before deadly Texas floodsJul 08, 2025 2:29 pm - Public officials in charge of finding victims of the devastating flooding in Texas pushed away intensifying questions Tuesday about who was monitoring the weather that killed more than 100 people and warning that floodwaters were barreling toward camps and homes.
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Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floodsJul 07, 2025 1:25 pm - Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.
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Girls camp grieves loss of 27 campers and counselors in Texas floods that killed nearly 90 peopleJul 07, 2025 7:19 am - Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that has killed nearly 90 people in Texas, including more than two dozen campers and counselors from an all-girls Christian camp.