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A collection of news and information related to Natural Disasters published by Tribune Company sources.

05/24/13--09:08: Oklahoma Tornado Relief Effort (chan 10827445)

After witnessing the horrific footage Monday evening of the EF4 tornado destroying the town of Moore and the surrounding areas, the Bettenhausen family decided that it was time to take action to help the affected families in need. Given our experience and...

06/03/13--06:23: Joliet Central Students Raise Funds to Assist those Impacted by Oklahoma Tornado (chan 10827445)

Students from Joliet Central High School’s Human Service Academy have been working to raise funds for the Red Cross Relief effort to assist those impacted by the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. They began the fundraising efforts on May 20 and raised...

05/22/13--11:35: Schaumburg trustee, wife caught in Oklahoma tornado (chan 10827445)

Schaumburg trustee Frank Kozak and his wife Char survived a terrifying encounter with the Moore, Okla., tornado when the twister demolished the ranch house where they were staying, their son Steve said Wednesday. The Kozaks were visiting relatives in the...

06/01/13--00:00: A view of a mobile home park, devastated by Hurricane Charley in Punta Gorda, Florida in this August 14, 2007 file photo. (chan 10827445)

File photo of a mobile home park devastated by Hurricane Charley in Punta Gorda

06/01/13--00:00: A view of buildings, damaged by Hurricane Ivan, in Pensacola Beach, Florida in this September 16, 2004 file photo. (chan 10827445)

File photo of buildings, damaged by Hurricane Ivan, in Pensacola Beach

06/06/13--00:00: "This system has a high chance -- near 100 percent -- of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours," the Miami-based NHC warned, with the storm forecast to hit the US state of Florida. (chan 10827445)

US-WEATHER-ANDREA

05/21/13--14:37: Oklahoma tragedy hits home for Bears' Way (chan 10827445)

Chicago Bears rookie punter Tress Way was sitting in a meeting room at Halas Hall on Monday when his cell phone blew up. Message after message began pouring into his phone, but in a rookie meeting the undrafted punter didn’t dare touch it, even...

06/05/13--12:31: Don't ignore inconvenient truth (chan 10827445)

Thanks to Don Wuebbles and Nancy Tuchman for reminding us that a few months of cool temperatures here in the upper Midwest doesn’t signal the end of climate change ("Cold truth," Opinion, May 31). Indeed, the first symptom of climate change that...

06/01/13--00:00: Salvaged items hang from a tree in Moore, Oklahoma, four days after the Oklahoma City suburb was left devastated by a tornado May 24, 2013. (chan 10827445)

Moore, Okla.

06/06/13--00:00: Gilles St.Laurence says his house survived two hurricanes with out damage but a possible tornado spun off from Tropical Storm Andrea hit this house and others in the area surrounding the 13000 block of 77th Place North in The Acreage Thursday morning. (chan 10827445)

Tornadoes strike South Florida

05/24/13--09:08: Oklahoma Tornado Relief Effort (chan 10827445)

06/06/13--00:00: MIAMI, FL - JUNE 06: Hurricane Specialist, Robbie Berg , keeps an eye on the path of Tropical Storm Andrea at the National Hurricane Center on June 6, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (chan 10827445)

Tropical Storm Andrea Bares Down On Florida

US-WEATHER-ANDREA

06/07/13--00:00: People in a rubber boat make their way through the floods of the river Elbe submerging houses in the city of Stadt Wehlen, eastern Germany, on June 7, 2013. (chan 10827445)

Germany floods

06/08/13--07:08: COD storm-chasing trip overshadowed by loss of fellow chasers (chan 10827445)

A week after his friend and fellow storm chaser died in Oklahoma, Paul Sirvatka headed west. The College of DuPage meteorology professor, with several assistants and 14 students in tow, climbed into a van and began the trip he'd made countless times...

06/10/13--14:27: A Tornado Watch means the conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes. (chan 10827445)

TORNADO WATCH through 10 PM

06/09/13--00:00: Pachysandra needs help (chan 10827445)

My pachysandra is dying off in patches. The leaves turn yellow, the vines wither away, and the roots rot, destroying the entire plant. This has been happening gradually for the last two years, including before the drought last year. This year it is...

06/11/13--09:02: Buffalo Grove Students Finish Year by Collecting School Supplies for Oklahoma Tornado Victims (chan 10827445)

When the devastating tornado recently touched down in Oklahoma, schools were wiped off the map, students lost, and families devastated, having to start their lives from scratch. Buffalo Grove High School social science teacher, Diane Baldwin, learned of...

06/11/13--00:00: 2013 — for beekeepers, there's nothing sweet about it (chan 10827445)

Commercial beekeeper Tim May has worked 16-hour days, six or seven days a week for the past month to get more than a thousand hives with millions of honeybees settled in the countryside of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Spring has not been...

06/12/13--13:35: Public Encouraged to Be Alert for Potentially Significant Severe Weather Tonight (chan 10827445)

Flash Flooding, High Winds Possible for Entire Chicago Area With potentially significant severe weather anticipated throughout the entire Chicago area this evening, residents are encouraged to prepare ahead of time and make sure they have a way to...

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