Articles filed under Weather
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Nominate for Lake County stormwater management awardsSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Lake County Stormwater Management Commission nominations for the 2015 Stormwater Awards are being accepted and are due by Friday, Oct. 9. The commission, through its ann...
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Japan lifts evacuation order for town near doomed nuke plantSep 05, 2015 1:00 am - NARAHA, Japan - Japan's government on Saturday lifted a 4 1/2-year-old evacuation order for the northeastern town of Naraha that had sent all of the town's 7,400 residen...
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Dense fog advisory in place until 9 a.m.Aug 31, 2015 1:00 am - The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory for the Chicago area until 9 a.m., officials said. Visibility is less than one quarter mile in some areas, ...
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Durbin, Schakowsky help celebrate flood relief on Des Plaines RiverAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - Federal, state and municipal officials came together Monday morning to mark the successful completion of the $36 million Levee 37 to help control Des Plaines River flood...
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Insurance to cover $1.5 million Rosemont dome repair costsAug 29, 2015 7:00 am - Rosemont officials say insurance should cover the $1.5 million cost to repair the village's indoor sports dome, which had its roof collapse in a heavy storm earlier this...
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Northwest glaciers melting, disappearingAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - MOUNT BAKER, Wash. — Mauri Pelto digs his crampons into the steep icy slope on Mount Baker in Washington state and watches as streams of water cascade off the thick mas...
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Dominica digs out from storm damage that killed at least 20Aug 29, 2015 1:00 am - ROSEAU, Dominica - Rescue crews jumped off boats and trudged through mud, rocks and uprooted trees Saturday to reach communities cut off by a tropical storm that killed ...
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Gulf Coast marks Katrina's fury, celebrates rebirthAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - As the church bells rang marking the decade since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the 80-year-old woman wept softly into a tissue as she leaned ag...
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In Alaska, Obama to walk fine line on climate change, energyAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will visit Alaska next week to press for urgent global action to combat climat...
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Images: Tropical Storm Erika heads toward FloridaAug 28, 2015 1:00 am - Deadly Tropical Storm Erika may weaken as it passes over the mountains of the Dominican Republic Friday before continuing on a forecast path toward Florida, where a stat...