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This is the second straight year that dust storms have caused headaches on Central Illinois interstates. To find out why this is happening, WGLT spoke with state climatologist Trent Ford.
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Cones blocking off the Connect Transit bus parking space in the McLean County Health Department parking lot were moved, leaving the cooling center without a place to go Friday. It will be back Saturday.
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Connect Transit will keep its cooling station up and running through Saturday in the McLean County Health Department parking lot due to the expected extreme heat.
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The eastern McLean County communities of Colfax, Lexington, and Anchor were all hit pretty hard according to McLean County Emergency Management Agency Director Cathy Beck. No injuries were reported.
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Last December tied for the fourth warmest on record in Bloomington-Normal. The National Weather Service says the Twin Cities averaged 38.3 degrees last month, and got only a trace of snow all month.
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Bloomington-Normal hospitals are treating patients for sign of heat illness and heat stroke during this week's stretch of intense heat.
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There’s an extreme heat warning in effect until Thursday night for McLean County and much of central Illinois, according to the National Weather Service.
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Bloomington-based insurance companies State Farm and Country Financial are plenty busy headed into the holiday weekend handling claims from this week’s severe weather.
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Air quality dropped in Bloomington-Normal and across central Illinois on Tuesday, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to pour in from the north.
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Leaders from the state’s farm commodity groups fear that if crops don’t receive increased precipitation in the next three weeks, drought could severely affect yields and serve to push consumer food prices even higher.