Articles filed under Severe Weather
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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.
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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.