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

FEMA urges flood victims to open doors for damage survey: ‘We want to understand the impact’ A July 2 storm flooded thousands of homes on Chicago’s West Side, suburban Cicero, Stickney and ...

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

Click here to watchOne pastor volunteered his time to give the forgotten souls a proper burial some 30 years ago.For three decades now, the city of Chicago has dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours ...

The grants are funded by a multi-billion dollar Volkswagen settlement and will be distributed by the Illinois Environmental ...

FEMA reports $300 million went to flood victims from the June/July rains in Chicago and Cook County. And FEMA urges residents to appeal if there is still damage.

The FEMA Cook County flooding assistance application has been extended to the end of October, as Chicago area leaders seek to help victims.

The First Street Foundation says 172,000 properties in Cook County — 79,000 of them in Chicago — have a high risk of flooding, far more than Federal Emergency Management Agency maps show.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) opened disaster recovery centers in Cook County, Chicago, in August after flooding in July. The FEMA offices are not proof of a planned disaster in ...