Flooding problems persist after storm

Apr. 22, 2013
The rain is gone for now but the trouble it caused last week is still here.

Winter storm barrels through Midwest

Mar. 4, 2013
A late winter storm packing up to 10 inches of snow sent officials in weather-hardened Chicago into action.

Winter storm cancels 390 Chicago flights

Feb. 26, 2013
Airlines canceled more than 230 flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and nearly 50 more at Midway International Airport ahead of a winter storm that's expected to produce a mix of rain and snow.

Snow storm blankets Great Plains

Feb. 21, 2013
Blinding snow, at times accompanied by thunder and lightning, bombarded much of the nation's midsection Thursday, causing whiteout conditions, making major roadways all but impassable and shutting down schools and state legislatures.

Finally! Chicago gets some snow

Jan. 25, 2013
As far as snow goes, Chicago didn't' get much — just over an inch as of Friday morning. But it was still one for the record books.

Midwest still locked in deep freeze

Jan. 23, 2013
The Upper Midwest remains locked in the deep freeze, with bitter temperatures stretching into a fourth day across several states.The cold snap arrived Saturday night as waves of Arctic air swept south from Canada, pushing temperatures to dangerous lows and leaving a section of

Weather boosts business for gardening stores

Mar. 22, 2012
Phones have been ringing off the hook since the end of February at the Gethsemane Garden Center in Chicago. Annual plant manager Carol Rice said the warm weather has had a big affect on sales for March."

The rains of August 1987

Aug. 31, 2011
This past July Chicago recorded 9.81 inches of precipitation--the wettest July ever, and the 9th-wettest month in the city's history. But if you were here on this August 31st in 1987, you were just finishing monsoon month, the all-time record-holder. Let's turn back the clock 24 years.

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