Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Pritzker issues statewide disaster proclamation amid winter stormsFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Dangerous subzero temperatures and massive snow accumulation across Illinois prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker to issue a disaster proclamation for the entire st...
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How to protect your house from dangerous cold coming tonightFeb 04, 2021 4:00 am - An arctic cold front can give you that sinking feeling standing at your kitchen sink. Forecasts call for frigid temperatures to grip the region starting tonight and over...
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Where to find a warming center in the suburbsFeb 04, 2021 12:00 am - As an arctic cold snap plunges into the Midwest, government buildings, libraries and other community facilities throughout the suburbs are doubling as a refuge for peopl...
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Snow, freezing rain creates icy conditions early WednesdayDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Snow quickly covered the suburbs Tuesday evening before freezing rain moved in to create ice danger on roads overnight. At least a couple of inches were seen in Northwes...
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Tornado watch until 8 p.m. on top of severe storms moving throughNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for northern Illinois that includes the Chicago suburbs. The watch, set until 8 p.m., comes on top of a warning f...
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Zeta's toll on a Louisiana island: 'Like a bomb was dropped'Oct 30, 2020 1:00 am - GRAND ISLE, La. - Mark Andolino remembers stinging rain and a howling wind that peeled the roof off part of his Cajun Tide Beach Resort on Grand Isle, the Louisiana barr...
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Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coastOct 29, 2020 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power in Atlanta and beyo...
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Hurricane Zeta speeds toward a storm-weary LouisianaOct 28, 2020 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Zeta was speeding toward storm-weary Louisiana with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph), strengthening to a Category 2 hurricane as it approached the ...
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Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aimOct 27, 2020 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves for yet another tropical weather strike Tuesday after Zeta raked across the Yucatan Peninsula...
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UN: Climate change means more weather disasters every yearOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - GENEVA - In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the U.N. weather agency warned Tuesday that the num...