Articles filed under Weather
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Des Plaines homes to get some flood reliefOct 29, 2013 5:32 pm - About a dozen Des Plaines homeowners whose properties are prone to flooding should get some relief, city officials say, after a new storm sewer is installed on their blo...
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How Sandy went from ‘boring’ to killer superstormOct 27, 2013 6:08 pm - WASHINGTON — It was the moment a run-of-the-mill hurricane mutated into a monster named Sandy. Paradoxically, it was the same time Sandy lost much of its wind power, dro...
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A year after Sandy, a slow recovery for thousandsOct 25, 2013 5:49 pm - NEW YORK — A year after Superstorm Sandy catastrophically flooded hundreds of miles of eastern U.S. coastline, thousands of people still trying to fix their soaked and s...
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Storm weakens off Mexico coast, still rain threatOct 22, 2013 6:12 pm - ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Raymond weakened to barely a Category 1 storm Tuesday while still stalled off Mexico’s Pacific coast, pumping rain onto an already sodden re...
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Suburbs see first snow of seasonOct 22, 2013 1:31 pm - Snow fell Tuesday in some areas of the suburbs, and the season’s first hard freeze spelled the end for garden plants. But the suburbs dodged any accumulation of snow, un...
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Get ready to freeze: Warning for suburbs overnightOct 21, 2013 9:23 am - The National Weather Service has upgraded its freeze watch to a freeze warning for the suburbs overnight into Tuesday morning. The service calls for freezing temperature...
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Images: Weather Sketchers, Oct. 13-19Oct 21, 2013 6:24 am - ...
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Lake Zurich District 95 considering development of excessive heat policyOct 16, 2013 4:05 pm - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 is considering the possibility of creating a formal policy addressing how to handle extreme heat at schools without air conditioning. Admini...
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Images: Weather Sketchers for Oct. 6-12Oct 14, 2013 7:00 am - ...
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Palatine receives StormReady certificationOct 13, 2013 2:39 pm - The village of Palatine recently received StormReady certification, a voluntary program that helps communities better prepare for and mitigate effects of extreme weather...