Articles filed under Weather
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Hurricane Irene heads toward Hispaniola and U.S.Aug 22, 2011 12:00 am - Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Irene cut power to more than a million people in Puerto Rico, downing trees and flooding streets on Monday, and foreca...
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A soggy start to a busy suburban weekendAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - Fun in the sun had to wait a bit Saturday morning as a band of thunderstorms moved through the suburbs, dumping heavy rain and hail and temporarily halting several local...
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Images: Arizona dust stormAug 18, 2011 11:00 pm - For the third time this summer, a giant wall of dust swept over Phoenix and parts of central Arizona Thursday, turning the sky brown, delaying flights, and knocking out ...
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Rolling Meadows the latest to vent at ComEd over outagesAug 17, 2011 12:00 am - Rolling Meadows City Council members and residents took their turn venting to ComEd Tuesday night, as the company continued its tour of reporting its annual statistics t...
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No 911 during storms? You weren't aloneAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - They already had 8 feet of water in the basement of their Arlington Heights home in the early morning July 23, when at the height of the storm Mike and Janet Donner smel...
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More widespread outages after 2 strong stormsAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - Yet another set of severe thunderstorms passed through the Chicago area Tuesday night causing widespread power outages, downed trees, lightning strikes, flooded streets ...
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More heat, storms, then cooler air takes overAug 01, 2011 11:00 pm - The bad news is that officials have posted a heat advisory this morning to announce it could feel like 110 degrees today. - But, the good news is that temperatures are ...
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Champaign-Urbana sets heat recordJul 30, 2011 12:00 am - If there were any doubts that July had been one hot month, the Illinois State Water Survey now has confirmation for at least one slice of the state. According to The New...
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Rain sets July record, more on the wayJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Overnight rain proved to be just enough to break a record for the most rain recorded in Chicago for the month of July, snapping a record that had stood for 122 years. Th...
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Forecast: More rain could mean more flooding in next 24 hoursJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - If a weekend of floods that ruined carpets and furniture weren’t enough, violent storms with heavy rain struck again Wednesday night and into this morning less than a da...