The Cardinal

Damaging winds hit the area about 10:30 p.m., causing some damage and power outages. The wind speed is expected to start to decrease just after midnight. Wind gusts have been hitting speeds in excess of 40 mph since about 9:45 p.m. Wind gusts are forecast to be back under 40 mph by 2:00 a.m., and [...]

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A large part of a tree fell on a house on Euclid Avenue, just west of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics responded to a mulch fire twice in the 200 block of West St. James Tuesday. Both fires were very small. Firefighters responded a few blocks north in the 100-200 block of [...]

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Two tornadoes in Illinois, one in Indiana and one in Wisconsin A tornado touched down near Peotone in Will County, ripping off the roof of a home and slightly injuring two teenage brothers Tuesday morning. The Peotone tornado, classified an EF2 torndado also blew down a line of utility poles near the corner of Will [...]

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Crews all over Chicagoland were busy with scene like the one managed by an Arlington Heights Public Works Foresty Department crew on Douglas Avenue, just north of Olive Street. Damage reports coming in after winds kicked up about 11:10 a.m. Wednesday. 2:15 p.m. Tree down blocked the street in the 400 block of Patton, Buffalo [...]

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Maple tree snapped in half with high winds Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning. A maple tree that snapped in half blocks a sidewalk near Euclid Avenue and Haddow Avenue. Power outages reported in far North Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove and Mount Prospect. Several transformers blew with a loud popping noise and some trees were reported [...]

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