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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.
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The dry conditions impact agriculture operations both big and small. Smaller growers often plant a more diverse fare than corn and soybeans, the major cash crops of Illinois farms.
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Those with asthma or other respiratory or pulmonary disorders should limit their time outside Friday, with most of the state under an Air Quality Alert.
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Police say dust from nearby farm fields blew across the interstate and reduced visibility to near zero, resulting in a chain reaction of crashes.
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"What we typically find in a drier year ... we typically have really nice pumpkins," said Rader Family Farm's Adam Rader.