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From July 12 to 15 in 1995, the heat index soared above 120 degrees, killing 739 people in the deadliest natural disaster in ...
Tool shows history of heat-related deaths, demographics, land use and air conditioning access across communities.
Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.
Thirty years ago this week, temperatures in Chicago hit an all-time record of 106 degrees in a heat wave that ended up being ...
Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...
Excessive heat is America's number one weather killer most years. This heat wave 30 years ago claimed hundreds of lives in ...
An art installation on the Near South Side will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Chicago heat wave that killed hundreds ...
CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she’d known since she was a child had been found dead on the steps of a church ...
Thirty years after a heat wave left more than 700 people dead, Northwestern researchers asked residents to rank solutions for ...
Chicago commemorates the 1995 Heat Wave victims and honors WWII hero Emilio Aguirre with initiatives for future heat ...
ABC7 took a closer look at how the tragedy led to the development of the city's Office of Emergency Management and ...
The heat wave claimed more than 700 lives. Controversial video showing Jeffrey Epstein’s cell door before his death was ...