Articles filed under Weather
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Study: People fear male-named hurricanes moreJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculi...
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St. Charles company helps pick up pieces after disastersMay 31, 2014 11:00 pm - On a Sunday morning before church, Steve Hargis' wife, Mandie, looked out the window and saw the kinds of eerie clouds that make you pause before heading outside. It was...
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Six missing Mount Rainier climbers feared deadMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - SEATTLE - Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below thei...
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Obama's boldest move on carbon comes with perilsMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The new pollution rule the Obama administration announces Monday will be a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's environmental legacy and arguably the mos...
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5 things to know about hurricane seasonMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - Starting this hurricane season, forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami will begin dropping small drones into storms in the hope they can learn more a...
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Drones are newest hurricane research toolsMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - Associated Press MIAMI - The point where the roiling ocean meets the fury of a hurricane's winds may hold the key to improving storm intensity forecasts - but it's nearl...
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First hurricane forms off MexicoMay 24, 2014 1:01 am - MIAMI - The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season formed hundreds of miles off Mexico's coast Saturday and could become a major storm by Sunday though it poses ...
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Suburbs cleaning up after storms roll through areaMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - The heavy storms have moved on and now people are able to see the damage caused by powerful storms Tuesday night. Hail the size of golf balls were recorded in Aurora an...
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Large hail falls on suburbs; flood advisory issued especially in DuPageMay 20, 2014 1:01 am - The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory Tuesday night for DuPage and southern Cook counties after storms brought big hail and wind as well as buckets of rai...
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Year later, scars from tornado remain for Schaumburg coupleMay 18, 2014 8:00 am - Nearly nine months after she and her husband, Frank, barely survived the EF5 tornado that ravaged the Oklahoma City area last year, Char Kozak of Schaumburg entered surg...