Chicago area's drought deepens and expands

The severe drought area in northern Illinois has doubled in size in just one week. Some rain could be coming but will it be enough to put a serious dent in the ongoing drought?

Chicago's drought deepens

It was a rather dry May and June may be starting off dry too. Will Chicago's moderate drought deepen over the coming days?

Chicago's sunny, hot weather comes with a cost

Chicago is stuck in a meteorological rut. The weather pattern started off with sensational weather last week, but we are now paying the cost for this prolonged period of sunny, dry weather.

Chicago's sunny, hot weather comes with a cost

Chicago is stuck in a meteorological rut. The weather pattern started off with sensational weather last week, but we are now paying the cost for this prolonged period of sunny, dry weather.

Severe weather season is stretching out

The U.S. has seen a large increase in the number of billion-dollar severe storms since 1980. There is an "apparent" rise in the frequency of severe weather reports in Chicago.

Illinois is leading the nation in tornadoes

Illinois is leading the pack when it comes to tornadoes so far this year. It is scary to think there is a lot more left to our "severe weather season".