Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Constable: Hurricanes? Earthquakes? The biggest threat is right here: extreme heatJul 16, 2019 5:30 am - My wife and I worry about our adult sons living in dangerous places. We texted Ross in Los Angeles the second we heard about the earthquakes this month. We did the same ...
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Why everything you think you know about lightning could be wrongJul 06, 2019 1:00 am - All of our recent thunderstorms may make you feel like a severe weather expert, but do you really know what's safe and what's not when it comes to lightning strikes? ...
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Freak summer hailstorm buries Mexican city under five feet of iceJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - It's summer in Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most populous towns, which made what happened there over the weekend all the more surprising. Sunday morning, residents woke ...
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Power outages affect thousands across the suburbsJun 30, 2019 1:00 am - Thousands of suburban ComEd customers were without power Sunday after powerful storms pushed through the region, officials said. Approximately 27,341 customers were stil...
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How to watch out for home improvement scams in the wake of stormsJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - More than a month after wind and hail from a Memorial Day storm damaged his Naperville house, Steve Bernas still had a mailbox stuffed with home improvement flyers. He e...
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Afternoon, evening thunderstorms could bring hail, damaging windsJun 25, 2019 1:00 am -
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'Large and destructive' tornado causes injuries, thousands of outages in OhioMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - The National Weather Service confirmed that multiple tornadoes, including one described as "large and destructive," touched down near Dayton, Ohio, late Monday, reported...
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'Like ... a jet engine pounding on our roof': Hail contributes to third-wettest May on recordMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - Water rushed in through a window well, hail pelted cars and ripped apart screens, and winds howled so loudly members of the Sumeraj family thought the top half of their ...
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Tornado watch in effect for some counties, storms could bring hailMay 27, 2019 1:00 am - While the heaviest rains have moved out of the area, a tornado watch is in effect through 9 p.m. Monday for 39 Illinois counties, including Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall a...
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Hail and damaging wind possible tonight. Here's what you need to know.May 24, 2019 1:00 am -