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Body pulled from Lake Michigan is Chicago university student
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Authorities have identified a body pulled from Lake Michigan on Wednesday morning as a University of Chicago student who disappeared a week ago, possibly to watch a thunderstorm. Austin Hudson-Lapore, 20, apparently left his apartment...Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Education, Weather, Colleges and Universities, Lake Michigan
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Cool reprieve through Thursday
Tuesday begins a three-day period of pleasantly sunny, cool, dry weather in what has been a cloudy, chilly, record wet year. Precipitation stands at 24.17 inches so far this year, the most for that period in 143 years of Chicago weather history -- and...
Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Weather, Midway Airport, Weather Reports
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Weather Service: Yes, those were tornadoes
Tribune reporterThe storms that hit northern Illinois and northern Indiana this week spawned two confirmed tornadoes, the National Weather Service has determined. The more powerful of the two tornadoes hit 2-1/2 miles southwest of Shabbona, about 80 miles west of...Tags: Shabbona, Weather, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Manteno
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Less damage than expected--but still a big storm
Tribune reporterIt was promoted as a massive storm system with the potential to drop golf ball-sized hail and produce wind gusts of up to 75 mph. Conditions were ripe for tornadoes, forecasters said. But the thunderstorms that passed over the Chicago area Wednesday...Tags: Manteno, Weather Reports, DeKalb, Oswego, Weather
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Severe weather not widespread
It was promoted as a massive storm system with the potential to drop golf ball-size hail and produce wind gusts of up to 75 mph. Conditions were ripe for tornadoes, forecasters said. But the thunderstorms that passed through the Chicago area Wednesday...
Tags: Shabbona, Weather, Sandwich, Natural Disasters, Tornadoes
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Thousands still without power after storms hit Chicago region
Maintenance crews restored power to tens of thousands of homes overnight after severe thunderstorms in the Chicago region brought powerful winds and reports of funnel clouds Wednesday evening. By 11:30 a.m., of the more than 78,000 customers affected by...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Fires, Union Pacific Corporation, Chicago White Sox, Metra
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Violent storm spawns Midwest tornadoes, heads east
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - A violent storm swept across the upper Midwest on Wednesday and headed toward the U.S. East Coast, spawning several tornadoes as well as damaging hail and high winds, but skirted Chicago without doing major damage. The storm had...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, Chicago White Sox, Weather Warnings, Carroll County (Virginia)
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Storms scrape across Chicago area
A line of powerful thunderstorms rolled through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, forcing a temporary halt to commuter train traffic and canceling hundreds of flights in and out of Midway and O'Hare International airports. The storm system threatened...Tags: Fires, Air Transportation Delays, Union Pacific Corporation, Chicago White Sox, Metra
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U.S. Midwest braces for violent storm, possible strong tornadoes
ReutersCHICAGO, June 12 (Reuters) - A violent storm - packing severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and possibly strong tornadoes - is expected to strike the upper Midwest, including the nation's third-largest city of Chicago on Wednesday, the National Weather...Tags: Weather, Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, National Weather Service, Tornadoes
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Midwest, but not Northern Michigan, could see strong windstorms Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms could affect one in five Americans on Wednesday as it rumbles from Iowa to Maryland packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds. Meteorologist are warning that the continuous line...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Warnings, National Weather Service, Tornadoes, Washington, DC
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Flood watch as storms expected into the weekend
The threat of severe storms will increase today and tonight as a cold front and a strong jet stream approach from the west. Because downpours are expected to intensify, the Chicago area has been placed under a flash flood watch today into Saturday. The...
Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Weather, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Weather Reports
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Storms head into Chicago area
Scattered rain moved into the Chicago area late this afternoon, and some of the storm cells could be strong. While the forecasts said the greatest threat of heavy rain was south and east of Chicago into northern Indiana, radar about 4:30 p.m. showed...
Tags: Weather, Weather Reports
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