Articles filed under Weather
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Editorial: You owe it to yourself and your family to prepare for tornado seasonApr 23, 2015 1:00 am - When tornadoes struck Fairdale and Rochelle just west of Chicago's suburbs earlier this month, videos were filed by people caught near or in the tornadoes' paths. And wa...
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Ready for tornadoes like in Fairdale? Answer our questions and find outApr 21, 2015 5:30 am - Mike Rullman is president of the Elburn Community Emergency Response Team, a group of volunteers training to help if disaster strikes. His personal preparedness goes bey...
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Celebrating spring at the Morton ArboretumApr 19, 2015 11:00 pm - Sometimes it sneaks up on you. One minute you're out there in the dark scraping ice off your car and shoveling snow off your sidewalk and then one day you wake up and r...
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Roselle skating center raising money for tornado reliefApr 13, 2015 1:00 am - Area skaters have a chance to help recovery efforts for victims of last week's tornado in Fairdale. Coachlite Skate Center in Roselle is donating all admission fees ...
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Two men tell different stories of the same twister that destroyed FairdaleApr 11, 2015 7:45 am - Nick Davey and Brad Hruza both came face to face with the tornado that decimated the small town of Fairdale Thursday. Davey, of North Aurora, said he was forced to turn...
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After violent EF-4 tornado, 'little bitty town' was goneApr 11, 2015 7:30 am - It was mid-Friday afternoon, and Susan Meyer just wanted to go home and check on her chickens. The Fairdale resident had locked the four of them in their coop as a thund...
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Fairdale area tornado was a violent EF-4 storm with winds up to 200 mphApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - A second person has died in the small farming community of Fairdale after violent tornadoes struck the town Thursday night. Jacklyn K. Klosa, 69, was found in the rubbl...
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Suburban rainfall totals: Lake County got the mostApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - While parts of the state deal with tornado damage, many suburban residents are dealing with ponding water due to heavy rains overnight. Lake County seemed to get the mo...
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Images: Tornado decimates the small town of FairdaleApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - Scenes from the small northwestern DeKalb County town of Fairdale where a tornado destroyed many structures and at least one person was reported killed Thursday night. ...
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Images: Tornado damage from Rochelle and FairdaleApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - Emergency crews searched homes and other structures in tiny Fairdale to make sure nobody was trapped in rubble left by Thursday's deadly tornado. Authorities say Jacklyn...