Summer is Chicago's wettest season and a time when severe storms and tornadoes are most common. There are two reasons why 2025 may be worse than normal.

Illinois now leads the nation in tornado reports. Edwardsville and Metro East cools down, but flash flooding is possible this ...

The answer is that it depends on where one is — the policy and plan are different in Chicago than they are in Naperville, for example.

As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky last week, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode.

The new automated system enables real-time activation of outdoor warning sirens directly from the National Weather Service.