How huge parts of the U.S. could become uninhabitable within decades — even so-called ‘climate havens’
It’s not just Florida and California — from poisoned water supplies to infrastructure issues to polar vortices, Holly Baxter ...
MWRD, Forest Preserves partner in flood control study focused on southeast suburbs
The system would provide stormwater storage for Glenwood, Ford Heights, Lansing, Thornton, South Holland, Calumet City and ...
Two winter storms put 29 million people under alerts with freezing conditions to come
Winter alerts were in effect across the central Plains, the Midwest, the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic ahead of two storms ...
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Flood control study focuses on southeast Chicago suburbs
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Forest Preserves of Cook County are partnering in a flood relief study that could bring a new reservoir.
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Joliet buying land for FEMA-ordered levee
The Joliet City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to buy land for a future downtown levee that city officials have ...
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Millions across the US brace for plummeting temperatures and winter storms
Kristi Rollwagen, director of homeland security and emergency management at the Minnesota ... Frigid subzero weather grips Chicago on 40-year anniversary of record low Like earlier this month ...
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.
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Preparations urged as much of U.S. braces for arctic blast, freezing temperatures and a potent snowstorm
Residents were warned about possible river ice jams, freezing spray for boaters who tread Lake Michigan and other waterways, and frozen water pipes. Officials in Chicago provided a list of centers ...
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‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
“It’s a predicament that’s very real,” said Stadelman, a Democrat representing the city of nearly 150,000 residents, 90 miles northwest of Chicago. “We need more housing. And flooding ...
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Record Snowfall Snarls Cities as Deadly Cold Stalks the South
Kevin Guthrie, Florida’s emergency management ... the Outer Banks of North Carolina overnight as the storm moves into the Atlantic Ocean. A person walks along the frozen Chicago River in Chicago ...