CHICAGO (WGN) – This week marks the 30th anniversary of the devastating Chicago Heat Wave of 1995. Over 700 people died in the oppressive heat that year. WGN-TV’s Mike Lowe spoke with former WGN-TV ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some warnings and procedures about extreme heat did not exist in Chicago before the deadly 1995 heat wave. Still, when temperatures rise in Chicago, for some, it brings back difficult ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- It has been nearly 30 years since one of the worst heat-related disasters in the country. Chicago's 1995 heat wave left 739 people dead over a five day-stretch. The National Weather ...
Three decades after Chicago’s devastating heat wave left more than 700 people dead, city efforts to keep people protected from extreme weather continue to fall short. This weekend marks the 30th ...
The old Cook County Hospital has been gone for more than 20 years, but those of us who were staff members, patients or visitors there remember the vast, open 40-bed wards, with no privacy or central ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The first 100-degree day recorded in Chicago was on July 16, 1887. When the Tribune reported on “how fashionable people solve the hot weather problem,” ...
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