Couple traveling with baby won't fly United again after long wait on hot O'Hare tarmac
Corey and Andrea Kinnan said they and their infant son sat on a plane for an hour amid 90° temperatures with no air conditioning.
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Corey and Andrea Kinnan said they and their infant son sat on a plane for an hour amid 90° temperatures with no air conditioning.
The heat is back on Thursday and so are the health concerns. The health concerns are not just physical, your mental health can be impacted too.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms develop in the afternoon and fade in the evening.
Four buildings in the Autumn Ridge apartment complex have been without AC, but just Tuesday afternoon, it was fixed in one of the buildings.
Some residents of the south Chicago suburb of Park Forest finally had some relief Tuesday after having had no air conditioning for weeks. Shardaa Gray reports.
Travel editor Peter Greenberg offers some travel advice during the extreme heat.
On Monday, Park Forest village leaders spoke out for the first time, and threatened to levy fines against the complex owners.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon is tracking one last day of extreme heat in the Chicago area.
Splash parks and Italian ice were proper choices this hot day in Chicago. Meanwhile, fabulous furry friends were the focus at Chicago Pride Fest Sunday afternoon.
The lakefront was crowded, and so were public pools, as crowds headed out to keep cool by taking a dip anywhere they could.
An Extreme Heat Watch goes into effect Saturday morning for Cook County and Chicago, when temperatures and humidity will cause the heat index to reach up to 105 degrees.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist is tracking dangerous heat in the Chicago area.
On Friday, city officials, including Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, discussed the measures they're taking ahead of and during the first heat wave of the year.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon is tracking extreme heat in the Chicago area.
The thermostats inside the apartments read 88 degrees on Thursday, with the air conditioner for several buildings being broken.
Summer is Chicago's wettest season and a time when severe storms and tornadoes are most common. There are two reasons why 2025 may be worse than normal.
"I feel like we're being gaslighted a little bit, because they're saying one thing and then it's something totally different that we're finding out after the fact," concerned mom Carling Wilson said.
While temps were reaching near triple digit highs, the zoo helped keep their animals cool with some frozen treats.
Late Tuesday, there will be a storm risk in the Chicago area, with scattered storms forecast for the evening and parts of the overnight hours.
A stretch of dangerously hot and humid conditions hit Chicago on Monday with temperatures reaching the upper 90s, and it's expected to be even hotter on Tuesday.
A stretch of dangerously hot and humid conditions hit Chicago on Monday with temperatures reaching the upper 90s, and it's expected to be even hotter on Tuesday.
From 1999-2023, the Journal of American Medical Association recorded 21,518 deaths where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, likely an underestimation, they say.
a mostly sunny sky in the afternoon will boost highs to the mid-90s. A very humid environment will make it feel like 100 to 105 degrees in most locations.
Extreme heat is moving into the area, and Cook County and the City of Chicago are warning residents to prepare.
Air quality alerts have been issued from midnight Saturday until Sunday night.
