Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Tornadoes kill 1, decimate small town of Fairdale on Route 72Apr 09, 2015 1:00 am - Supercell thunderstorms produced a large tornado that touched down Thursday night in northern Illinois, killing one person and injuring eight others in one tiny communit...
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Tornado watch issued for area until 11 p.m.; heavy rain, hail remain a threatApr 08, 2015 1:00 am - The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch through 11 p.m. today for the Chicago suburbs and most of north and central Illinois. Damaging winds, large hail...
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Images: Rare spring storm hits CaliforniaApr 08, 2015 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The rainwater from a rare spring storm that pooled on Gilbert Jaffe's front sidewalk could be seen as a nuisance, but in California's extreme drought condi...
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Images: Oklahoma residents start cleanup after devastating tornadoMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - TULSA, Okla. - The first batch of severe weather in this year's tornado season devastated an Oklahoma mobile home park, as storms across the area damaged buildings, tore...
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Winter's not done with us yet, with snow in forecast todayMar 22, 2015 1:00 am - Spring officially began on Friday, but the Chicago area is in store for at least one more blast of snow and ice before winter moves on. One to four inches of snow is exp...
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Constable: Runner shirtless every winter dayMar 01, 2015 6:45 am - My friend's story sounds apocryphal. On a day when the temperature tops out at a frigid 5 and the windchill dips below zero, he claims to see a bare-chested man in short...
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We missed big snow, but wintry mess heading our wayMar 01, 2015 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A winter storm moving across Illinois brought as much as 8 inches of snow to central parts of the state. But the Chicago area is just continuing to d...
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Constable: Nearly naked winter runner roams Arlington Hts.Feb 24, 2015 12:00 am - My friend's story sounds apocryphal. On a day when the temperature tops out at a frigid 5 and the windchill dips below zero, he claims to see a bare-chested man in short...
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Dangerous winds expected Monday morningFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Meteorological spring arrives next week, but the National Weather Service said Sunday that Old Man Winter's grip on the Chicago area is showing no sign of easing. The we...
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Burst pipe caused early end of Arlington Heights' Harry'sFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - A burst frozen pipe at Harry's of Arlington in downtown Arlington Heights last month flooded the beloved establishment and prevented an opportunity for a proper sendoff....