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Weather reports from Chicago and the suburbs.
The yearly ban, in effect between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. each day from Dec. 1 to April 1, is enforced regardless of snow.
The ban will affect main roads from 3 a.m. through 7 a.m. each day until April 1.
Snow began falling over the area Sunday morning and stopped by the afternoon. After dipping into the teens ovenight Sunday, warm temps will return later in the week.
Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones said, “You have to understand how devastating the Sept. 17 flooding was…some residents have lost everything in the house.”
No injuries were reported, but about 120 people reported feeling the quake, which measured at 3.6 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “We received voluminous amounts of 911 calls,” said a police lieutenant in Peru, Illinois. “It was literally one call after another.”
Certain trees, such as oaks, hold onto their leaves through a little-understood quality known as marcescence.
Visibility could be limited to a quarter mile until 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Congressmen Bill Foster, D-Ill., and Mike Quigley, D-Ill., submitted a statement to the Congressional Record that honors Skilling’s four-and-a-half decades as a meteorologist in the Chicago area.
Scattered snow showers and sharp winds are expected throughout the afternoon that could reduce visibility.
Temperatures will be in the mid-to-upper 20s Tuesday morning and in the lower 20s in the evening.
“I don’t see nothing there for the West Side. It makes me sick to my stomach,” Ald. Emma Mitts told Water Commissioner Andrea Cheng.
The Oct. 24 record of 83 degrees was set in 1963, according to the National Weather Service.
The NOAA’s Winter Outlook, released Thursday, says the National Weather Service is expecting warmer weather and less snow overall for the city.
Specialists will help victims apply for federal disaster assistance, learn how to make their property more disaster-resistant and answer questions.
After 46 years at WGN and seven decades working in Chicago, Skilling says there’s a 100% chance he retires early next year.
The Adler Planetarium will hand out free solar viewers and host a live YouTube show about solar eclipses.
Parts of the city saw 5 inches of rain, with a flash flood warning remaining in effect until Monday morning.
The high for Monday was 92, with the humidity making it feel 96, the warmest Labor Day since 1983. Temps will hover near the low- to mid-70s the rest of the week.
Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death
Nearly 80,000 people gathered in the Nevada desert for the annual arts and wilderness celebration were stuck in mud without working toilets and vehicle traffic shut down.
Se espera que el fin de semana festivo, incluyendo el lunes, traiga brisa.
National Weather Service predicts “much more modest humidity than a week ago,” when a heat wave broke temperature records before a cooldown this week.
Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power
Idalia made landfall at 7:45 a.m. as a high-end Category 3 hurricane with maximum winds near 125 mph. The system remained a hurricane as it crossed into Georgia.
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