Severe storms bring dangerous winds, torrential rain to Chicago area
A line of thunderstorms with destructive straight-line winds is racing east through the Chicago area at 70 to 80 miles per hour.
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A line of thunderstorms with destructive straight-line winds is racing east through the Chicago area at 70 to 80 miles per hour.
A Wisconsin meteorologist was live on the air warning people about a tornado when he realized the storm was headed straight to his mother's house.
The answer is that it depends on where one is — the policy and plan are different in Chicago than they are in Naperville, for example.
Recovery efforts have begun after severe storms ripped through the Midwest and South over the weekend, killing 19 people in Kentucky and at least 28 people overall while decimating neighborhoods and towns.
People living near two of the town's six air-raid sirens did not hear them go off at all, and five nights later, those two sirens were still malfunctioning.
Shardaa Gray was south of Chicago in the Mobile Weather Lab late Wednesday afternoon when air-raid sirens fired off for a tornado warning.
Jermont Terry was on the scene as the concert was getting out amid the dangerous storm.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the 5:30 p.m. forecast for Sunday, May 26, 2024.
CBS 2 photojournalist Scott Placko captured the aftermath of the storm damage on south suburban Hodgkins on Wednesday as much of the Chicago area was under tornado warnings.
CBS 2's Mobile Weather Lab was in Lisle Wednesday evening just after a possibly tornadic storm passed through the western suburbs.
From uprooted trees and toppled fences, to funnel clouds over open fields, we're learning more about Monday's storms and the damage they left. The community CBS 2 went to is about a block away from the Will/Kendall County line. Residents there have Plainfield addresses but receive services from Joliet, which explains why the National Weather Service said the tornado technically touched down in Joliet.
From uprooted trees and toppled fences, to funnel clouds over open fields, we're learning more about Monday's storms and the damage they left.
CBS 2’s Jackie Kostek dug in Tuesday to find out to who bears responsibility and what can be learned.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek dug in Tuesday to find out to who bears responsibility and what can be learned.
A possible tornado was reported in Oak Brook late Saturday.
Widespread wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles per blew through the area Wednesday night, with isolated wind gusts as high as 70 miles per hour expected.
A storm system brought rain and strong winds to the Chicago are Friday night, and parts of the area were placed under tornado warnings.
A busy weather pattern will kick off your workweek with widespread rain, windy conditions and possible flooding through at least midday Monday.
A village board meeting in Channahon was canceled Tuesday after severe thunderstorms pounded the area and a possible tornado was reported.
A wave of thunderstorms is rolling through the Chicago area Tuesday afternoon, bringing large hail and strong winds; prompting a tornado warning in Will County, severe thunderstorm warnings for several counties, and a severe thunderstorm watch for most of northern Illinois and parts of northwest Indiana.
Tornado sightings were reported Tuesday afternoon in Will County as severe storms pounded the area.
Tornado warnings were issued for some Chicago area counties as severe storms moved through the area, and at least one tornado touched down in rural DeKalb County.
Severe storms spurred tornado warnings and brought tornadoes to the ground in some parts of the greater Chicago area late Monday.
A tornado warning was issued Monday afternoon for north central Iroquois County south of the Kankakee area.
A tornado warning was issued and later canceled Wednesday afternoon in Winnebago County far northwest of Chicago.
Chicago police said the victim, a 57-year-old man identified by family as Kevin Barlow, was shot in the chest outside the CTA 98th Street rail maintenance facility on June 29.
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Chicago police said the victim, a 57-year-old man identified by family as Kevin Barlow, was shot in the chest outside the CTA 98th Street rail maintenance facility on June 29.
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Special Children's Charities provides the funding and the park district plans the adventure on Northerly Island.
The weeds keep growing, and the complaints keep piling up, but neighbors on one street in the Washington Heights community on Chicago's South Side say nothing is changing.
City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on the West Side
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The digital billboard teases Bears football games and other advertisements.
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Two people were shot, and one of them died, in an apartment in the north Chicago suburb of Mundelein on Tuesday morning.
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