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In 2020, a powerful cold front roared through Kansas in the late afternoon yesterday to the early morning hours with sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph and wind gusts up to 75 mph. The front, and the powerful winds behind it, kicked up large areas of dust which reduced visibility to less than one quarter of a mile in many areas. Pictures of the approaching winds and dust were compared to photos from the 1930s dust bowl and were considered similar. Many areas suffered damage to homes, mostly from falling tree limbs onto and in some cases, into homes && In 1954, much of Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana were overwhelmed by 2 days of torrential rains. Widespread 6 to 12 inch rainfalls caused flooding so serious that many consider this to be Chicago's worst flood on record. The flooding caused $25 million damage to Chicago and its suburbs.

 


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