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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. — Two fires destroyed six homes and displaced nine people in Chicago Heights overnight. The fires started just after 11 p.m. Tuesday near 15th Street and Lowe Avenue.
The weather service's Chicago office said preliminary findings indicated that an EF-1 tornado struck an area of Chicago that included the western portions of the Loop on Monday night.
Before the weather swing Tuesday, people across Chicagoland enjoyed mid-70 degree temperatures registered at both Chicago airports. But by late afternoon, the threat of severe weather woke many ...
Satellite loop of a supercell near Chicago producing heavy lightning on June 13, 2022. The Storm Prediction Center had outlined an Enhanced (3/5) risk for severe activity in the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley , with forecasters predicting the formation of storms producing large hail , severe wind , and an infrequent tornado threat.
The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...
Aerial view of Phase II of the McCook Reservoir under construction in 2023. The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (abbreviated TARP and more commonly known as the Deep Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan by diverting ...
Chicago police said the damage — which occurred sometime “in the overnight hours” — was discovered in and around the fountain in the 300 block of South Columbus Drive. No suspects were in ...
A radar-confirmed tornado swept through suburban Chicago, damaging homes, toppling trees, knocking out power and causing some injuries, officials said. At least four injuries were reported in ...