Articles filed under Weather
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The cleanup continuesAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Fox Valley residents aren't out of the woods just yet. But with water levels dropping along the Fox River, local officials say the cleanup effort is well under way after...
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Chain O' Lakes should begin recedingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chain O' Lakes seems to have crested and should begin dropping, barring any further rain, officials said today. Officials said the Chain rose to 7 feet above normal...
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Thousands of trees, gone?Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It was a grim weekend for tree huggers in the Northwest suburbs. By the time all the brush has been cleared and the trees inspected, the area will easily have lost hundr...
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3 deaths, 4 days without powerAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Autopsy results show DuPage County was home to one of three deaths attributable to last week's violent storm. A 67-year-old Florida man suffered a fatal head injury when...
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Cleaning up at Gurnee Grade SchoolAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - With their building surrounded by sandbags and the swollen Des Plaines River lurking nearby, children won't lack for excitement when they start the new academic year tod...
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Briefs: Sandbag material availableAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Wauconda's public works department is offering residents materials that they may need to sandbag areas of property. The village will supply empty bags and bulk sand, del...
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Residents hope worst of flooding overAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Relief can't come soon enough for Dale Miller, whose Atwood Park subdivision home is in the heart of the Fox Lake flood zone. He sandbagged and pumped water for about a...
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Tornado in North DakotaAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NORTHWOOD, N.D. -- A tornado destroyed two mobile home parks, killing one person, and blew out windows in homes and buildings across the town, officials said Monday. At ...
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Assessing the damage and hopingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Paul Ruby crossed his fingers Monday and brought in the sandbags that surround the Herrington Inn and Spa. "Hopefully it wasn't premature," said Ruby, general manager o...
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Golfer dies after being hit with tree limb during stormAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A 67-year-old Florida man suffered a fatal blow to the head during Thursday's storms when he was hit by a falling tree limb at a DuPage County golf course, autopsy resul...