Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Editorial: When disaster strikes, the fortunate step upJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - The scariest thing about a tornado is its unpredictability. In one house, five kids are huddled in the basement - untouched. Next door, a couple sleeps blissfully unawar...
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Post-tornado: An American flag then and nowJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - Woodridge resident Mark Kasper says he's a "wave-the-American-flag-365" kind of guy. So when he returned Monday to fully assess the tornado damage to his house, Kasper ...
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Tornado cleanup expected to stretch for weeksJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - Municipal leaders in suburbs slammed by the tornado late Sunday say it likely will take weeks to clear debris from the neighborhoods hit the hardest. For now, roving cre...
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Skeleton Key Brewery ravaged in Woodridge, but a special memento survived the tornadoJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - Skeleton Key Brewery & Taproom in Woodridge was one of the few nonresidential buildings to take a direct hit from the tornado Sunday. Opened in 2016, Skeleton Key was j...
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By the numbers: The fury of the tornado in Naperville, WoodridgeJun 22, 2021 1:00 am - The magnitude of the tornado that raked across Naperville and Woodridge Sunday will leave lasting scars. Putting the damage into perspective, the National Weather Servic...
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Images: Tornado causes heavy damage in Naperville and WoodridgeJun 21, 2021 10:00 am - A tornado ripped through Naperville and Woodridge late Sunday night and early Monday morning causing heavy damage. ...
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'The house was legit shaking': Woodridge's Timbers Edge neighborhood hit hard by tornadoJun 21, 2021 1:00 am - Hafsa Mahmood remembered childhood lessons about severe weather from school but never expected it would have to be put to practice. "My husband looked out the window and...
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Don't ignore outdoor warning sirens, weather experts sayJun 21, 2021 1:00 am - If you hear an outdoor warning siren, don't ignore it - get indoors immediately. That siren means something life-threatening is happening, the National Weather Service s...
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'It sounded like a sonic boom': Naperville resident describes moments tornado hitJun 21, 2021 1:00 am - Katie Long Piper and her family were watching TV in their home Sunday night when they got a tornado warning alert on their phones. They huddled in the basement, and with...
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Sunday's tornado joins list of significant twisters in suburban historyJun 21, 2021 1:00 am - Tornadoes have killed dozens, injured many more and caused millions of dollars in damage throughout the Chicago suburbs during the past 160 years. Here's a look at some ...