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Weather timeline: As Chicago-area heat wave ebbs, severe storm chances emerge
For several days, the Chicago area has been gripped by scorching temperatures and suffocating humidity, but is relief finally ...
Hairstylist, 27, one of two likely drowning victims during weekend heat wave
The Chicago Fire Department responded to around 90 calls between the extreme heat and people in distress in the water, ...
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Chicago Battling Severe Heat Wave, Heat Advisory Issued Through Monday Night
Chicago is experiencing a dangerous heat wave with the OEMC providing resources like cooling centers and safety tips, and ...
Heat wave’s high humidity raises health risks in Chicago and across the country
Record-breaking heat indices — a combination of temperatures and humidity to determine how heat really feels to the body — are possible from Kansas City to Maine.
Chicago cooling centers, pools, splash pads open during heat wave caused by Midwest heat dome
A Midwest heat dome is driving high temperatures and high humidity that will push the Chicago heat index into the triple ...
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It Could Feel Like 105 Degrees As A Heat Wave Hits Chicago. Here’s How To Stay Safe
It will be dangerously, "oppressively" hot and humid — with little relief at night — Saturday through Monday, according to ...
Eastern half of US sweltering again, with dangerous heat wave expected to last until midweek
Tens of millions of people across the Midwest and East are enduring another sweltering day of dangerously hot temperatures as ...
Chicago heat wave: Cook County Animal and Rabies Control tips to protect pets from extreme heat
An Extreme Heat Watch goes into effect Saturday morning for Cook County and Chicago, when temperatures and humidity will ...