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Thousands without power after strong storms hit
Powerful thunderstorms raked the Chicago area this morning, downing trees and power lines and knocking out power to about 300,000 Commonwealth Edison customers at the peak of outages. Delays were reported on Pink and Green line trains this morning...
Tags: South Shore, Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Weather Reports
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CPS cancel summer classes at 10 schools ahead of heatwave
Ahead of the heatwave expected to bring 100-degree temperatures to the area, Chicago Public School officials have canceled summer school classes at 10 schools that lack air conditioning. Classes have been canceled at the following schools: Altgeld,...
Tags: Harold Washington, Weather Reports, Weather
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O'Hare hits 100 as storms start to pop up in area
We did it. For the first time in seven years the Chicago area hit 100 degrees today. But it didn't last long, and lakefront temperatures plummeted as storms started to pop up, part of a broader cold front hitting the area. The official recording...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Transit Authority, Midway, Injuries and Wounds, Tom Skilling
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Schools chief cancels summer classes at 18 schools
For a second time in two weeks, the summertime heat has led to the cancellation of Chicago Public School summer classes, officials said. CPS chief executive officer Jean-Claude Brizard has ordered summer school classes cancelled at 18 schools that do not...
Tags: Harold Washington, Weather Reports, Weather, Kenwood, Monroe (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Midwest can't get any relief from oppressive heat
DETROIT (AP) — When the air conditioner stopped in Ashley Jackson's Southfield, Mich., home, so too did normal conversations and nightly rest. "Inside the house it was 91 degrees. ... I wasn't talking to anybody. Nobody was talking to anybody,"...
Tags: Weather Warnings, Chicago Public Schools, Shedd Aquarium, Millennium Park, Jean-Claude Brizard
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Midwest can't get any relief from oppressive heat
DETROIT (AP) — When the air conditioner stopped in Ashley Jackson's Southfield, Mich., home, so too did normal conversations and nightly rest. "Inside the house it was 91 degrees. ... I wasn't talking to anybody. Nobody was talking to anybody,"...Tags: Weather Warnings, Chicago Public Schools, Shedd Aquarium, Millennium Park, Jean-Claude Brizard
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Third straight day of record heat as temp tops off at 103
We're baking in record-setting heat for the third straight day -- just the third time since records were kept that we've had three days in a row in the 100s. The temperature peaked at 103 degrees at O'Hare International Airport at 3 p.m., breaking the...
Tags: Weather Reports, Weather
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Finally, temperatures starting to cool
The Chicago area is finally getting some relief from a sizzling streak of 100-degree days, with temperatures this afternoon edging below 90 degrees before dropping into the 60s or 70s tonight, according to forecasts. It appeared unlikely that Chicago...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Pollution, Weather Reports, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Environmental Politics
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Monday could be hottest day so far this year
TribLocal - EvanstonMonday is shaping up to be one of the hottest days of the year so far — if not the hottest — with high humidity …... -
Anatomy of a Front Page
Thrown together by time and a newspaper's front page, two disparate events can become related. Forty-five years ago, a horrific flash fire killed three Apollo 1 astronauts on the launch pad, the worst disaster to that date for the nascent U.S. space...Tags: Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Chicago Transit Authority, Science and Technology, Vehicles, George Halas
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Deadly tornadoes tore through Illinois in 1967
The tornadoes struck with wicked precision. Forty-five years ago this weekend, five twisters — three of them F4 giants — descended on the Chicago area, striking so quickly that flight was all but impossible for the victims. It was the worst...
Tags: Tornadoes, Belvidere, Natural Disasters, Highway Transportation
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Rain at last -- but more heat's on way
Chicagoland hadn't had much rain so far in June, but that changed Saturday, especially if you live in the southern part of the region. It was bad enough in Kankakee County that the local office of the National Weather Service issued a flood warning after...
Tags: Peotone, Weather Warnings, Midway, McHenry, Weather Reports
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