Articles filed under Weather
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Steps to take after your basement floodsApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - Daily Herald staff report Your basement is full of water that not only ruined your carpet but could be polluted with harmful bacteria. What's your next move? Put safety...
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Lightning strikes blamed for Mount Prospect and Des Plaines firesApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - Lighting strikes are to blame for fires Thursday morning in Mount Prospect and Des Plaines, fire officials said. Mount Prospect firefighters responding at 10:45 a.m. to...
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Thursday's storms in northern Illinois as seen through social mediaApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - As severe storms swept through northern Illinois — including tornadoes, one of which killed a person in the small town of Fairdale — people posted scenes of the scary sk...
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Tornadoes kill 1, decimate small town of Fairdale on Route 72Apr 09, 2015 1:00 am - Supercell thunderstorms produced a large tornado that touched down Thursday night in northern Illinois, killing one person and injuring eight others in one tiny communit...
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Tornado watch issued for area until 11 p.m.; heavy rain, hail remain a threatApr 08, 2015 1:00 am - The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch through 11 p.m. today for the Chicago suburbs and most of north and central Illinois. Damaging winds, large hail...
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Images: Rare spring storm hits CaliforniaApr 08, 2015 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The rainwater from a rare spring storm that pooled on Gilbert Jaffe's front sidewalk could be seen as a nuisance, but in California's extreme drought condi...
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Old Palatine salt storage facility to be leveled for new domeApr 07, 2015 1:00 am - Palatine took the first step toward more than doubling their road salt storage capability Monday night when the Palatine village council approved a contract to demolish ...
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Mother, child missing in flood as storms hit South, MidwestApr 03, 2015 1:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A mother and child remained missing Friday, hours after they were swept into a flooded creek in eastern Kentucky, as torrential rains swamped portions ...
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Man reported missing at sea for 66 days found in good healthApr 03, 2015 1:00 am - PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Adrift on the ocean, the mast of his 35-foot sailboat torn away, Louis Jordan caught rainwater in a bucket, scooped up fish that were attracted to the ...
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Images: Western Europe's spring plagued by winterlike weatherApr 02, 2015 1:00 am - Think our spring has been cold and snowy? Europe is getting hitting hard too. Temperatures in Europe are forecast to fall below average for the first time in 18 months. ...