Articles filed under Severe Weather
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'The stores are all out of everything': Suburbanites get ready for Hurricane FlorenceSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - Diane Bates of Naperville was sitting on a beach on Pawleys Island in South Carolina with her son, husband, and daughter-in-law Saturday when suddenly, they all got aler...
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Heavy rains hit Maui as Tropical Storm Olivia approaches HawaiiSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - HONOLULU - Maui was hit with heavy rain and powerful winds Wednesday as a gradually weakening tropical storm neared Hawaii, with forecasters predicting Tropical Storm Ol...
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Surge, wind, rain, floods: Hurricane Florence could hit hardSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. - Hurricane Florence churned Tuesday toward the Eastern Seaboard as a storm of "staggering" size, forcing a million people to evacuate the coast. Many more...
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Child killed by falling tree as Gordon strikes landSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made lan...
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Gordon on path to hit Gulf Coast as hurricane after nightfallSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Boaters evacuated to safe harbors, and motorists fled barrier islands Tuesday as the Gulf Coast hustled to get ready for Tropical Storm Gordon, wh...
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Father struck by lightning while fishing with son at Naperville-area lakeSep 03, 2018 1:00 am - A 33-year-old father and his 13-year-old son were fishing at Whalon Lake near Naperville when they were injured after a lightning strike, authorities said Monday. The f...
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Flood warning issued for Fox, Des Plaines riversSep 03, 2018 1:00 am - Thunderstorms, some violent, disrupted festivals, Labor Day cookouts and traffic as they moved through the Chicago area Monday afternoon. Schaumburg officials called off...
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Standing water, power outages after Tuesday storms; cold front, sharp winds coming todayAug 29, 2018 1:00 am - Heavy storms late Tuesday resulted in power outages, downed trees and standing water, officials said. Classes were canceled at Bartlett High School Wednesday due to the...
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Heat index possibly up to 105 Monday, advisory warnsAug 26, 2018 1:00 am - The National Weather Service in Chicago is warning of dangerous heat and humidity Monday. The advisory warns of a heat indexes reaching around 105 during the day Monday,...
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Tropical Storm Lane drifts away from Hawaii after 'almost biblical' rainsAug 26, 2018 1:00 am - Hurricane Lane secured its place in the history books before it quickly dissipated into a tropical storm and moved off from Hawaii. The storm caused damage, mostly on th...