Articles filed under Weather
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Thunderstorms wreak havoc with downed trees, power outages across suburbs — and possibly a fireAug 28, 2024 11:25 am - The thunderstorms that drenched the Chicago area Tuesday night likely led to a house fire in Mount Prospect and resulted in thousands of lingering power outages, authorities said.
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Mundelein again to investigate flooding issuesAug 26, 2024 1:19 pm - Following heavy rains that left parts of Mundelein temporarily under water this summer, village officials once again are turning to experts to determine why neighborhoods flooded.
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Hurricane Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as wealthy British territory preps for stormAug 16, 2024 6:17 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepared to open shelters a...
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Tropical Storm Debby spins up tornadoes, dumps rain in North CarolinaAug 08, 2024 7:09 am - LUCAMA, N.C. — Tornadoes spawned by Tropical Storm Debby leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person early Thursday, as the system dropped heavy rain and floode...
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Tropical Storm Debby swirls over Atlantic, expected to again douse the Carolinas before moving northAug 07, 2024 7:47 am - CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tropical Storm Debby is taking a breather Wednesday over the western Atlantic Ocean but it isn’t done dousing the coastal Carolinas before it slowly ma...
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Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby bringing torrential rains, major flood threat to southeastern U.S.Aug 06, 2024 6:59 am - CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tues...
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Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Category 1 storm and threatens catastrophic floodingAug 05, 2024 7:00 am - Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatenin...
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U.S. faces prolonged, coast-to-coast heat wave. Here’s a forecast for 12 cities.Jul 31, 2024 10:31 pm - A new, long-lasting round of punishing heat is in the forecast for much of the lower forty-eight states that will extend through the first week of August. Some of the hig...
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Landslides, heavy rains kill at least 99 in south India’s Kerala stateJul 30, 2024 9:40 am - Heavy rains caused several landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala, killing at least 99 people, and rescue efforts were underway to help those feared trapped, a...
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Typhoon Gaemi heads for China after leaving 25 dead in Taiwan and the PhilippinesJul 25, 2024 6:36 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strong typhoon was expected to make landfall in China on Thursday after sweeping across Taiwan, where it caused landslides and flooding in low-lying ar...