More Sweltering Heat, Storms For New Work Week
If you're sick and tired of the heat and storms, you won't be too thrilled with the weather for the beginning of this work week.
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If you're sick and tired of the heat and storms, you won't be too thrilled with the weather for the beginning of this work week.
Metra has been rolling with the punches in severe weather the past few weeks, the same as everyone else. But the recent storms have underscored a difference that is creating delays for commuters.
Trains have been stopped and thousands are without power after severe weather, which prompted tornado warnings, moved through the Chicago area Tuesday evening.
Booming claps of thunder took the place of the alarm clock for many Chicagoans Monday morning, and the storms are expected to continue off and on all day.
A band of thunderstorms moved quickly through the Chicago area Saturday afternoon, casuing damage and knocking out power in some suburbs.
Severe weather hit the Chicago area this morning, with more than two inches of rain falling in some areas in just a few hours.
At least one person was hurt in the severe storms that ripped through portions of the Chicago area Sunday. Hail fell in several suburbs, while a possible tornado in northwest Indiana destroyed a building and toppled power lines.
Central Illinois and several several southern counties should brace for severe thunderstorms, winds and hail Saturday night.
Hail is falling across the Chicagoland area with thunderstorms producing torrential rainfall that could cause some flooding Tuesday night.
A tornado watch has been issued for McHenry, Kane, Kendall and Grundy counties and points west Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Officials from the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications and the Chicago Fire Department Sunday morning urged residents to prepare for the possibility of "a significant and dangerous outbreak of severe thunderstorms" Sunday night.
A warm yet cloudy Saturday will make way for a dramatic Sunday, as a mixture of warm temperatures and heavy wind gusts could produce tornadoes in the Chicago area.
