Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Images: 25th anniversary of the Plainfield TornadoAug 28, 2015 1:00 am - August 28th, 2015, marks the 25th anniverasary of the EF-5 tornado that ripped through Plainfield and surrounding towns killing 29 people and injuring several hundred. ...
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Two weak tornadoes confirmed in Naperville, Downers GroveAug 22, 2015 1:00 am - The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes briefly touched in DuPage County earlier this week, including one that covered a path from far southeastern Nape...
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About 3,000 remain without power due to stormsAug 18, 2015 1:00 am - Roughly 3,000 people remain without power due to severe storms that rolled through the Chicago area Tuesday evening. The number is down from the 14,000 Northern Illinoi...
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Storm rakes Arlington HeightsAug 17, 2015 1:00 am - Intense scattered storms could hang around through Wednesday after causing some damage Monday evening. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Co...
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Editorial: Wood Dale's slow response to our FOIA request on tent collapseAug 15, 2015 2:00 pm - We're told that the City of Wood Dale has an inclement weather evacuation plan that's designed to help protect people from the kinds of powerful storms that swept throug...
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Storm with strong winds heading south through suburbsAug 14, 2015 1:00 am - The National Weather Service is warning of strong thunderstorms and winds heading through McHenry and Lake counties and heading toward Cook and DuPage counties. The late...
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Severe thunderstorm warning for DuPage CountyAug 10, 2015 1:00 am - The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for central DuPage County until 4:15 p.m. Wind gust up to 60 mph and quarter-size hail are possible...
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Cooperative clean up effort continues in WildwoodAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - The weather was nice, but the buzz and clank of saws and heavy equipment meant there still was no calm nearly three days after a tornado hit the unincorporated Wildwood ...
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Central Lake County bouncing back after tornadoAug 04, 2015 1:00 am - It was just Sunday night when Tony Karlatiras heard what he said sounded like a war zone outside his venerable restaurant near Grayslake, with debris flying and his buil...
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Images: See the tornado damage in Lake CountyAug 03, 2015 10:00 am - Several streets remained closed Monday morning in Grayslake after a large Sunday night storm, including an EF-1 tornado, left a trail of damage across the village. High ...