Articles filed under Weather
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Tornado warning expires for McHenry CountyMay 12, 2011 12:00 am - A tornado warning for McHenry County has expired. A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud in the area this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The w...
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Flash flood warning in effectMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - A flash flood warning is in effect for portions of Cook, Kane, McHenry and Lake Counties while Cook and Lake Counties also remain under a severe thunderstorm watch. The ...
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Temperature snaps 1896 record highMay 10, 2011 2:00 am - Soaring temperatures Tuesday afternoon snapped a daily record that had remained in place since the late 1800s, according to the National Weather Service. Today’s record-...
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Cairo residents allowed to check propertyMay 06, 2011 1:00 am - CAIRO, Ill. — Authorities are allowing residents of the flood-evacuated southern Illinois city of Cairo to visit their properties. Cairo police chief Gary Hankins says r...
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State flood loans availableMay 05, 2011 11:00 pm - SRPINGFIELD, Ill. — Southern Illinois residents, businesses and farmers affected by flooding may be able to take advantage of the state's disaster loan program. State T...
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Floodwaters threaten well-to-do Memphis enclaveMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mud Island, which juts into the Mississippi, pays homage to the mighty river with an elaborate scale model of it, a museum about its history, and a padd...
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Costs enter thoughts as Ohio River slowly dropsMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - As the Ohio River began to slowly recede in some southern Illinois towns Thursday local officials started thinking about the costly cleanup that lies ahead, even as they...
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Slow-moving disaster along mighty MississippiMay 04, 2011 11:00 pm - HICKMAN, Ky. — Morrison Williamson feels confident the floodwall about 10 feet from the hardware store he manages will save it, even though two rivulets of the swollen ...
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Flood fears spread south along the MississippiMay 04, 2011 2:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Flood worries that prompted the U.S. government to blast open a Missouri levee to ease pressure on some towns are rippling down the Mississippi River, l...
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Southern Illinois communities keep sandbaggingMay 03, 2011 2:00 am - METROPOLIS, Ill. — Volunteers and residents in Superman's adoptive hometown of Metropolis muscled together more sandbags Tuesday as the still-rising Ohio River threatene...