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Son says he watched roof crush father when tornado hit Belvidere theater during concert

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Apr 1, 2023 11:22 PM - The National Weather Service said Saturday it was indeed a tornado that struck a Belvidere theater where a roof collapsed and killed a 50-year-old man during a rock concert Friday night. The man's sister said he was a car and heavy metal enthusiast who attended the concert with his son -- who saw the roof collapse on his father.
At least 21 dead after tornadoes rake Midwest, South

By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO
Apr 1, 2023 7:52 PM - Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 21 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and leaving people throughout the region bewildered Saturday by the damage.
One killed in theater roof collapse in Belvidere, while storms bring outages, floods in suburbs

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Apr 1, 2023 12:47 AM - One person was killed and 28 people were hurt after the center of the roof of a theater in Belvidere collapsed as a concert was going on. The tragedy came as two lines of intense storms raced through northern Illinois and the suburbs Friday evening.
Tornadoes slam Arkansas, shredding rooftops and tossing cars

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Mar 31, 2023 11:23 PM - A tornado raced through Little Rock and surrounding areas Friday, splintering homes, overturning vehicles and tossing trees and debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. There were early reports at least two dozen people hurt, some critically.
Mississippi tornado recovery tough for low-income residents

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Mar 27, 2023 10:10 AM - "It's going to be a long road to recovery, trying to rebuild and get over the devastation," Wayne Williams, who teaches construction skills at a vocational education center in Rolling Fork, said Sunday as people across town hammered blue tarps onto damaged roofs and used chainsaws to cut fallen trees.
Powerful Pacific tempest clobbers storm-battered California

By MARTHA MENDOZA
Mar 22, 2023 2:57 PM - A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California has been blamed for two deaths and forecasters said additional flooding was possible Wednesday in parts of the state.
Part two of flood solution for Libertyville's Highlands neighborhood set to begin

By Mick Zawislak
Mar 20, 2023 4:40 PM - An $8.9 million project to install larger storm sewers is about to get underway as the second part of a plan to reduce flooding in the Highlands neighborhood in Libertyville.
A week on, brutal Cyclone Freddy still taxes southern Africa

By WANJOHI KABUKURU
Mar 20, 2023 7:03 AM - Over a week after Cyclone Freddy's second and more devastating landfall in Malawi and Mozambique and nearly a month since it battered Madagascar, the effects are still being felt as locals, officials and aid workers continue to uncover the full extent of the cyclone's destruction. In Malawi the death toll has reached 447 people, with 282 others missing and close to 400,000 people still displaced, authorities in the country said. Malawi's southern region, including the financial capital of Blantyre, was the worst affected. In Mozambique, some 66 people have died and 59,000 are still displaced, according to local authorities.
$11 million restoration at Raven Glen should help ease flooding

By Mick Zawislak
Mar 17, 2023 5:21 AM - A pending project will return much of the land at Raven Glen Forest Preserve to its orginal state as part of continuing efforts to restore ecosystems and ease flooding along 67 miles of the Des Plaines River watershed.
Storms end Southern California water restrictions for 7 million

By JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO
Mar 16, 2023 9:18 AM - California's 11th atmospheric river left the storm-soaked state with a bang Wednesday, bringing flooded roadways, landslides and toppled trees to the southern part of the state as well as drought-busting rainfall that meant the end of water restrictions for nearly 7 million people.

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