Chicagoans Set Out To Beat The Heat On A Sizzling Day
Dangerous heat settled on Chicago Saturday, prompting a heat advisory.
CBS 2’s Marissa Parra set out to see how Chicagoans were faring in the heat.
Chicago Weather: Heat Advisory In Effect; Temperatures Will Feel Like 105A heat advisory is in effect in the Chicago area from noon until 10 p.m. Saturday. The high will be in the mid 90s with a heat index near 105.
Officials mark 25th anniversary of Chicago’s deadly heat waveLocal leaders in Chicago acknowledged lessons learned more than a generation ago when an unrelenting heat wave became the deadliest natural disaster in the city’s history.
Death toll of Chicago’s 1995 heat wave revealed same racial disparities as coronavirus todayChicago experienced the deadliest natural disaster in its history 25 years ago this month when 739 people died in a heat wave.
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