High Risk: Severe Storms Could Bring Tree-Toppling Wind, Tornadoes
UPDATED: 6/12/2013 3:40 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – The National Weather Service was anticipating a major severe weather outbreak in the Chicago area, starting Wednesday afternoon, with the likelihood of...
View ArticleWhat Is The Deadliest Weather-Related Event?
CHICAGO (CBS) — Would you be more likely to die in a heat wave or a tornado? Sorry, it’s not the most uplifting question to contemplate. However, we here at cbschicago found the results interesting....
View ArticleState To Provide $45M In Relief Funds For Tornado Damage
(CBS/AP) – Gov. Pat Quinn said the state is stepping in with $45 million in disaster relief funds to help local governments recover from last November’s tornados, after the federal government turned...
View ArticleStudy Might Explain Why Trailer Parks Seem To Be Tornado Magnets
(CBS) – Researchers at Purdue University think they have pinpointed areas where tornadoes are more likely to hit. WBBM Newsradio’s Veronica Carter reports researchers looked at 60 years worth of...
View ArticleSevere Weather Hits Chicago Area
CHICAGO (CBS) – A line of severe thunderstorms hit the Chicago area Monday, causing power outages, flight cancellations and delays and other problems. By late Monday, a second wave of storms was...
View ArticleCleanup Continues In Wake Of Severe Storms, Tornados
Updated 07/02/14 -10:11 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the Chicago area were still without power Wednesday morning, more than a day after two severe storms pummeled...
View ArticleComEd: SmartGrid Reduced Outages During Last Week’s Storms
CHICAGO (CBS) – Officials at ComEd said, believe it or not, power outages from last week’s severe storms could have been worse, if not for the new “smart grid” upgrades the utility has made in the past...
View ArticleAt Least Four Tornadoes Touched Down During Wednesday’s Storms
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least four tornadoes touched down in northern Illinois on Wednesday, as a series of powerful storms swept through the area, leaving behind widespread damage, and knocking out power...
View Article1 Killed, 1 Injured After Tornado Causes Tree To Fall In Ottawa
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Ottawa tornado claimed one man’s life on Tuesday. Wayne Tuntland died in a part of the town that ironically was not badly damaged. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole explains what happened to...
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