Just after 5 p.m., the National Weather Service called a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the southern portion of Kane County.

CHICAGO - It's another warm and muggy day with temperatures ranging from 70s at the lakefront to upper 80s and low 90s inland. Scattered showers and storms have developed this afternoon, and will ...

John Dwyer coordinates emergency management in Champaign County, Illinois. He’s seeing a lot more weather extremes, from ...

A deadly heat wave grips the Midwest and Northeast with record-breaking temperatures, overwhelming power grids and prompting ...

A record-smashing heat wave broiled the U.S. East for another day Wednesday, even as thermometers were forecast to soon ...

Some strong to severe scattered storms could pop up across the Chicago area Wednesday, the NBC 5 Storm Team said, with additional chances for storms Thursday, Friday and over the weekend.

More than 125 million Americans are under the highest level of extreme heat alerts during a wave of above-average ...

The first heat wave of the summer hit the Midwest earlier than usual this week, with a heat index forecast of up to 105 F, pushing many indoors to ...