Chicago weather: Sunshine, mild stretch to round out the week
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Chicago will be getting a much-needed break from rain and storms. Today highs will reach the low 80s. Thursday will cool down a little, with highs in the low 70s. Expect plenty of sunshine through the weekend.

Illinois dam failure leads to flooding, evacuations
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Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled over the top of a dam, just one perilous result of severe weather that raged through the Midwest overnight with relentless rain and tornadoes and hit the Chicago area especially hard.

Manhattan residents begin cleanup after 'very scary' storm blows through

The storms that raced across the Chicago area Monday night caused widespread damage, with unincorporated Manhattan in the southwest suburbs being especially hard hit.

6 tornadoes touched down in Chicagoland Sunday night, including 2 in the city: NWS

The National Weather Service says six tornadoes touched down across the Chicagoland area during Sunday night's severe weather event. The very next night, at least five more tornadoes spawned.

Drone video captures storm damage in Will County
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Fox 32 drone pilots captured extensive damage caused by severe storms Monday night in Manhattan, Illinois.

Storm damage cleanup underway in suburban Manhattan
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Southwest suburban Manhattan was one of the areas heavily impacted by severe winds Monday night. Fox 32's Dane Placko was on the scene speaking with residents of the Ranch Oaks subdivision in unincorporated Manhattan where many homes were damaged.