Watching rain being slammed into an apartment building bby 75 MPH wind gusts is pretty impressive. O'Hare and Midway are reporting delays and over 600,000 ComEd customers are without power. more ›

Looks like we're in for another show, weather-wise today. We've had sightings of tornadoes in Boone and McHenry counties this afternoon. It's supposedly the first of two bouts of severe weather passing through the area before the temperatures take a nosedive. The sever thunderstorm warning includes parts of DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and Kendall counties until 4:15 p.m. CST. Winds up to 60 miles per hour are possible along with hail and heavy rain. more ›

It has been quite a stormy summer season in Chicago thus far, and it appears Chicago could get repaid (in monetary form, of course) for all the damage Mother Nature left behind. The city is asking for $2.8 million to cover the costs of the damage that was incurred: more ›

That flood watch not enough for you? Not bothered by the earthquake? Batten down the hatches because we're now under a tornado watch through 9 p.m. tonight. A line of storms is developing across southeast Iowa into Northwest Illinois that'll be trucking their way across the northern portion of the state in our general direction. more ›

It's spring time and though we've had a pretty tranquil season so far, we're closing in on thunderstorm season. Here are a few videos to get us prepped for one of our favorite times of year. more ›

This morning's storms seem to have hit Chicagoland the hardest, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. More than 99,000 customers in the city, north suburbs, south suburbs and west suburbs are without power. While the day has been beautiful since then, the area is again under a thunderstorm warning. more ›

Hopefully a block of Netflix is arriving in your mailbox today because it's going to be stormy weekend, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon and evening. Saturday will be cool and rainy and Sunday will be cloudy and cold. Bleh. And although a weekend full of critically acclaimed, award winning new DVD releases sounds tempting, we're still hoping the rain holds out on Saturday for one of the first street festivals of the summer. [] more ›