Articles filed under Weather
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IDOT warns of buckling pavement amid heat waveJul 01, 2026 1:12 pm - Amid a heat wave expected to keep high temperatures in the mid 90s through at least Thursday, the Illinois Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be on the lo...
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Pritzker issues disaster proclamation for storm-ravaged counties, including CookJun 30, 2026 5:13 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker issued a disaster declaration in response to severe weather in several counties this spring. Counties include Kankakee, McLean, Stephenson, Winnebago, Coles, Cook, Effingham, Jefferson, LaSalle, Warren and Woodford.
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Extreme Heat Warning now in effect for area through ThursdayJun 30, 2026 1:15 pm - An Extreme Heat Warning is in effect for the Chicago area through Thursday night as hot, humid air is expected to linger longer than initially forecast.
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Heat advisory in place for area through WednesdayJun 29, 2026 8:41 am - A heat advisory is in place for the Chicago area through Wednesday as dangerous heat and humidity levels will push daytime heat indexes into the triple digits.
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Europe’s record heat has overwhelmed Paris mortuaries and left families in distressJun 29, 2026 8:28 am - Every few minutes, the mortuary owner's phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond, the funeral directors and mourning families calling him mostly have the same question: Do you have room for one more?
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France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European recordsJun 28, 2026 3:19 pm - BERLIN (AP) — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the h...
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Residents on notice as fast-moving fire in Utah, the largest in the US, blackens more forestlandJun 27, 2026 3:15 pm - MARYSVALE, Utah (AP) — The largest fire in the United States is marching through deep canyons and over steep mountainsides, blackening an already parched landscape in Uta...
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Central Europe sizzles as heat records are smashed in Switzerland, Denmark and Czech RepublicJun 27, 2026 2:59 pm - BERLIN (AP) — Temperatures soared to record highs from Switzerland to the Czech Republic and Denmark on Saturday, as a heat wave that baked western European countries thi...
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Contractor fraud surging amid record storms — here’s what to watch out forJun 25, 2026 5:24 pm - Just as suburbanites clean up after another round of powerful storms left behind downed trees and damaged homes, a national association is warning about surging instances of contractor fraud, particularly here in Illinois
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Hundreds in Spain may have died from record heat, agency warnsJun 25, 2026 4:24 pm - More than 200 people may have died in Spain in recent days as a result of the record heat wave that has gripped much of Europe this week, according to data from a national monitoring system that estimates excess deaths.