Articles filed under Weather
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Why streets still flood after project at Carol Stream parkOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - After completion of a $12.5 million project to relieve flooding around Carol Stream's Armstrong Park, neighbors were left wondering: Why are the streets still under wate...
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Images: The Supermoon Lunar EclipseSep 28, 2015 9:00 am - Stargazers were being treated to a rare astronomical phenomenon when a total lunar eclipse combined with a so-called supermoon, the name given when the full or new moon ...
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Drinking water systems imperiled by failing infrastructureSep 27, 2015 1:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa - Deep inside a complex of huge tanks, drinking water for Iowa's capital city is constantly cleansed of the harmful nitrates that come from the state's ...
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'Blood Moon' seen as sign of end times by some MormonsSep 26, 2015 1:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY - A rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon set to happen this weekend has prompted such widespread fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mo...
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Review: Meteorologist weighs in on WeatherBug appSep 19, 2015 7:38 am - A thunderstorm doesn't have to be severe to be dangerous. Even the most mundane of storms can generate lightning, which kills dozens of people in the United States annua...
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More than 1,000 homes destroyed by 2 California firesSep 19, 2015 1:00 am - MIDDLETOWN, Calif. - The tally of homes destroyed by two massive Northern California wildfires topped 1,000 Saturday after authorities doing damage assessments in the Si...
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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...