Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard. A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and ...

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.

It is becoming apparent that the increase in ticks and tick bites is corresponding to emergency room visits in Chicago and ...

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

On the heels of a wave of recent violence, including a mass shooting in the River North neighborhood last week, a temporary ...

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 ...

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

FEMA has run out of money in the middle of hurricane season. Here's what that means The agency also provided $6 billion in assistance to Texas residents who suffered losses after Hurricane Beryl ...