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Interstate 55 reopens near Channahon after tornado damageJul 18, 2024 8:04 am - Interstate 55 is reopen in both directions near Channahon after Monday’s tornadoes downed power lines and destroyed other nearby electrical infrastructure.
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20 tornadoes, including an EF-2, now confirmed during Monday’s stormsJul 17, 2024 10:25 am - National Weather Service survey teams have confirmed at least 20 tornadoes touched down during Monday night’s derecho.
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At least five tornadoes confirmed, thousands still without powerJul 16, 2024 7:15 pm - Thousands of people are still without power after severe storms rolled through the Chicago area late Monday, spawning multiple tornadoes, uprooting trees, downing power lines and killing at least one person in Indiana.
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Severe storms with tornado reports whip through Midwest, killing 1, cutting power to 460KJul 16, 2024 6:55 am - CHICAGO — Storms spawning multiple tornado reports blew through Iowa, Illinois — including Chicago — and Indiana on Monday, downing trees and power poles and cutting powe...
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3 suburban tornadoes Sunday, more Monday nightJul 15, 2024 3:00 pm - Meteorologists at the National Weather Service bureau in Romeoville have confirmed three EF-0 tornadoes, the least damaging types, touched down in the suburbs Sunday evening.
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‘A big win for the community’: How $6 million project aims to end decades of flooding in WheelingJul 14, 2024 8:05 pm - A $6 million flood-prevention project is underway in Wheeling.
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For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running outJul 14, 2024 6:00 am - TAHOLAH, Wash. — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Oce...
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Houston keeps buckling under storms like Beryl. The fixes aren’t coming fast enoughJul 11, 2024 2:05 pm - HOUSTON — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she went to a cooling center in...
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Las Vegas eyes record of 5th consecutive day over 115 degrees as heat wave continues to scorch U.S.Jul 10, 2024 7:20 am - LAS VEGAS — Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer as the desert city is on track Wednesday to set a record for the most conse...
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Houston residents left sweltering after Beryl with over 1.7 million still lacking powerJul 10, 2024 7:17 am - HOUSTON — The return of searing heat in the Houston area has deepened the misery for people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left resident...