Articles filed under Weather
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Federal disaster relief denied for McHenry County storm damageNov 02, 2025 8:47 am - McHenry County officials are working with state agencies to appeal the the denial of federal disaster relief for severe storms that swept through the county in August.
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Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destructionOct 30, 2025 8:06 am - SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm...
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Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti, JamaicaOct 29, 2025 7:21 am - The mayor of a southern Haitian coastal town told The Associated Press that 25 people died after a river burst its banks and flooded nearby homes.
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to JamaicaOct 28, 2025 7:49 am - Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday with catastrophic winds and the potential for widespread flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.
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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica and threatens to be the island's strongest recorded stormOct 27, 2025 8:15 pm - Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. At that strength, it would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.
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Catastrophe bond investors told to brace for Jamaica payoutOct 27, 2025 4:45 pm - Investors in a catastrophe bond tied to Jamaica look set to experience a trigger event as Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the Caribbean island as a Category 5 storm. “Ba...
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High tides raise flood risk in Carolinas as tropical storms churn in Atlantic and PacificOct 10, 2025 7:43 am - MIAMI — A storm without a name and unusual king tides were causing some flooding on the Carolina coast Friday as tropical storms churned in the Atlantic and along Mexico'...
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New lawn watering restrictions in South BarringtonSep 17, 2025 10:40 am - South Barrington officials recently enacted restrictions for outdoor water use.
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Hurricane Lorena intensifies off the western coast of Mexico as Kiko travels over open watersSep 03, 2025 12:19 pm - MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Lorena was intensifying Wednesday off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and a tropical storm warning was expanded for parts of the ar...
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35 years after deadly 1990 Will County tornado, weather forecasting has seen major advancesAug 28, 2025 2:08 pm - Thirty-five years ago, an F5 twister tore into parts of Oswego, Crest Hill, Joliet and Plainfield, completely obscured by rain. It left 29 dead and large swaths of damage.