Articles filed under Weather
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April frost could damage March gardens in suburbsMar 24, 2012 8:00 am - Suburban streets are lined with flowering trees. Garden centers are raking in the green. Runners are out and about, and record-breaking highs have become the norm. While...
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Storm causes home to collapse, killing one personMar 23, 2012 3:53 pm - OPDYKE, Ill. — Severe storms that raked southern and central Illinois with tornadoes, large hail and heavy rain were blamed Friday for a home collapse that killed one pe...
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Second straight day of 85 degrees, hotter than July 4 averageMar 21, 2012 8:00 pm - Record smashing highs of 85 degrees during each of the past two days — more than 35 degrees above average — were hotter than the typical Fourth of July. On July 4, the a...
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FEMA denies state’s appeal for tornado assistanceMar 21, 2012 5:36 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied the state’s appeal for assistance after a deadly tornado and severe storm...
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'Extreme, unprecedented' heat wave reaches fifth dayMar 18, 2012 8:45 pm - Records continue to fall during the mid-March heat wave, as temperatures reached 80 degrees for the fifth straight day, and could continue the streak through Wednesday. ...
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Report: Illinois No. 4 tornado stateMar 15, 2012 8:16 pm - With one deadly Illinois tornado already on the books for 2012, the Weather Channel dug into tornado data and determined Illinois to be the fourth-most prone state for t...
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Warm weather snaps record; heat to last all weekMar 14, 2012 4:00 pm - Today's temperature hit a record high of 81 degrees as of 4:30 p.m., and that heat is not going anywhere as summerlike temperatures could break records in each of the ne...
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Lack of snow, heavy winds partly blamed for four weekend brush firesMar 11, 2012 11:00 pm - The mild winter and early arrival of springlike conditions embraced by suburban residents may have the unintended consequence of fueling fires. The weather is blamed — a...
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Toddler found alive in Indiana field after stormsMar 03, 2012 9:42 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A hospital spokeswoman says a toddler found alive in an Indiana field after violent storms is the sole survivor of her immediate family. Cis Gruebbel i...
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Weather service confirms EF4 tornado in IndianaMar 03, 2012 9:42 pm - HENRYVILLE, Ind. — The National Weather Service says two tornadoes hit one of the tiny southern Indiana towns devastated by a rash of violent storms, including one rated...