It will be very warm and humid in Chicagoland on Tuesday, with lakeside highs in the upper 80s and inland highs in the 90s. And while skies will remain mostly clear in terms of cloud cover, smoke from ...

Every year, billions of birds undertake intrepid journeys between temperate regions in North America and their tropical ...

Chicago faces poor air quality and sweltering heat today and tomorrow, followed by scattered storms heading into the weekend.

The alert comes as humidity is expected to increase Tuesday, with high temperatures in the mid 80s to low 90s, with heat indices reaching 100 by Wednesday.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard. A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and with no clear emergency plan, the response fell dangerously ...

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.

Illinois was one of 24 states offering assistance as 101 people remain missing and at least 132 people died, according to ...

An Air Quality Alert remains in effect until midnight Tuesday night for several Chicago-area counties. Here's what to know.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Pollution Action Day for Tuesday, July 15. Here's what to know ...

State Farm is raising homeowners insurance rates in Illinois by a whopping 27.2% beginning Aug. 15, according to a filing ...

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...

Heat is the number one weather related killer,” Dr. Sheetal Rao says. “This is preventable and that with education and appropriate response people can be saved.” ...