Articles filed under Weather
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Memories of Lisle flood 'nightmare' vivid a year laterApr 17, 2014 5:15 am - If the sound of rain ever was calming to Debra Schulz of Lisle, it sure isn't now. It hasn't been for the past year. Because a year ago Friday, Schulz and thousands acr...
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Flooding survivor near East Dundee isn't movingApr 17, 2014 5:15 am - In the year since firefighters rescued Barrie Komorski and her dog from their flooded house near East Dundee, Komorski hasn't had the best of luck. On Christmas Day of ...
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Support rising for couple with flood-ravaged mobile homeApr 17, 2014 5:15 am - When a comedian mentions a trailer park, it's usually as part of a mocking punch line. Not for Dan Whalen. The Des Plaines salesman and former amateur comic organized an...
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Editorial: $200 million later, flood still hurtsApr 17, 2014 5:00 am - It's been a year since a wall of water hit Des Plaines when the Des Plaines River crested at a record high level of 10.92 feet. It's been a year since the Fox River spil...
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Images: Total Lunar EclipseApr 15, 2014 1:01 am - ...
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Snow could make roads slick this morningApr 14, 2014 1:00 am - Snow that slowed Monday night's commute accumulated up to 2 inches in some areas, but it won't stay long, meteorologists say. Snowfall created limited visibility in some...
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Artificial cooling tricky topic for climate panelApr 13, 2014 6:12 am - BERLIN - It's Plan B in the fight against climate change: cooling the planet by sucking heat-trapping CO2 from the air or reflecting sunlight back into space. Called geo...
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El Nino could grow into a monster, data showApr 12, 2014 9:01 am - The odds are increasing that an El Nino is in the works for 2014 - and recent forecasts show it might be a big one. As we learned from Chris Farley, El Ninos can boost t...
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Golf ball sized hail reported throughout suburbsApr 12, 2014 1:01 am - Hail as big as golf balls blanketed roads and lawns as severe thunderstorms rolled through the suburbs Saturday. Car damage was reported from the hail that erupted from ...
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Editorial: What we learned for all we sufferedApr 11, 2014 5:00 am - Finally, a pleasantly warm week after a long season that froze into our brains terms like "polar vortex" and "misery index." Suburban residents have emerged weather-wear...