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Fatalities soared 25 years ago this week in what may be the worst climate disaster in U.S. history. Twenty-five years ago this week, the Chicago coroner’s office was swimming in corpses. It began as a ...

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 ...

Emilio Aguirre died July 17, 1995. He died because he was too hot. He received a headstone in the back of Homewood Memorial Gardens cemetery just last month. We know very little about Emilio Aguirre.

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 ...

Monday is Earth Day, and as summer weather approaches, Chicago officials are preparing for potential severe weather. "Last summer, we had a heat index on Aug. 24 that reached 120 degrees. That was the ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- It was 30 years ago this week that the deadly heat wave of 1995 hit Chicago. And on Tuesday, the city detailed a new tool part of a larger project to pinpoint areas most vulnerable or ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- This week marks 30 years since the deadliest weather event in Wisconsin history. More than 70 people died across the state from July 12-15, 1995, when temperatures pushed ...

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 ...