Articles filed under Weather
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Highland Park adds climate change information to websiteJun 22, 2017 1:00 am - Highland Park has joined Chicago, Evanston and 11 other communities in the U.S. in posting fact-based information and data on climate change in response to it being remo...
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A rainy start to RotaryFest in Elk Grove VillageJun 14, 2017 1:00 am - RotaryFest in Elk Grove Village, the first big festival of summer in the Northwest suburbs, got off to a rainy start on its scheduled first day Wednesday. Food vendors h...
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Severe storms down trees, create floods in suburbsJun 14, 2017 1:00 am - The severe thunderstorm watch originally scheduled to last until 8 p.m. was canceled early as the storms moved out of the suburbs, but not before they did damage in some...
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Constable: How 2 men move stuff up 4 flights of stairs when it's 93Jun 13, 2017 5:30 am - On the hottest day of the year (so far), my wife and I are helping our son Ben move out of his dorm and into his college internship digs for the summer. I'm dripping swe...
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Suburbs brace for 'unseasonably hot' temperatures this weekJun 11, 2017 1:00 am - The National Weather Service is warning of unseasonably hot weather in the suburbs this week, with temperatures expected to reach the mid-90s. As dew points increase, he...
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Rolling Meadows, Salt Creek team up on projectJun 04, 2017 11:00 pm - The City of Rolling Meadows and the Salt Creek Park District last week celebrated a two-year joint effort to rebuild South Park and address neighborhood flooding problem...
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Trump says U.S. will exit Paris climate agreementJun 01, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Trump announced today that he is withdrawing the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, the White House has told allies, a move ...
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Cleanup due to heavy storms begins this morningMay 17, 2017 1:00 am - People are cleaning up the damage created by heavy storms that rolled through the area late Wednesday. Wind and tree damage has been reported in Long Grove, Elgin and O...
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Rep. Foster, Tom Skilling: Denying climate change like denying smoking dangersMay 06, 2017 1:00 am - A panel featuring WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling and physicist-turned-congressman Bill Foster told a supportive audience Saturday at North Central College that deniers o...
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Heavy weekend rain triggers some flooding along Fox, Des Plaines, DuPage riversMay 01, 2017 1:00 am - Heavy weekend rain that dumped more than 4 inches on parts of northern Illinois has lake and river water levels on the rise, but the bigger focus is on the coming days t...