Articles filed under Weather
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First nationwide emergency alert system test WednesdayNov 04, 2011 12:00 am - For roughly three minutes Wednesday afternoon, suburban residents are going to hear a series of beeps and blaring sounds coming from their televisions and radios. Don’t...
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Panel says wild weather worsensNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Freakish weather disasters — from the sudden October snowstorm in the Northeast U.S. to the record floods in Thailand — are striking more often. And global ...
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Skeptic now agrees global warming is realOct 30, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determine...
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Frost advisory overnight for some areasOct 27, 2011 12:00 am - Just two days after temperatures jumped into the 70s, the meteorologists expect a drop into the lower 30s overnight tonight. The northeastern Illinois areas farthest fro...
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Winter forecast for here: coldOct 20, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Winter looks to be cold and wet across the northern tier of states, and the drought will worsen in the South, where conditions are expected to be warmer and...
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Wind advisory remains in effect, but most power lines sparedOct 20, 2011 12:00 am - While ComEd planned for major outages Wednesday due to high winds, most power lines held up. As of about 8 a.m. only 1,600 customers remained without power in Illinois d...
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Municipalities want greater ComEd regulationOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Representatives of the Northwest Municipal Conference Tuesday announced their plan to repair perceived problems with ComEd's power outage response as evidenced by last s...
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Images: Flooding in PhilippinesOct 02, 2011 12:00 am - Rescuers scrambled Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philippines, where back-to-ba...
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Filipinos still trapped on roofs; typhoons kill 55Oct 02, 2011 12:00 am - MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers scrambled Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philipp...
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Deaths blamed on winds in WisconsinOct 01, 2011 12:00 am - MILWAUKEE — Powerful winds that knocked out power across Wisconsin were blamed Friday for possibly one death and forced the closure of a county’s state parks because of ...