Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO (WGN) – This week marks the 30th anniversary of the devastating Chicago Heat Wave of 1995. Over 700 people died in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It was 30 years ago this week that the deadly heat wave of 1995 hit Chicago. And on Tuesday, the city detailed a new tool part of a larger project to pinpoint areas most vulnerable or ...

Three decades after Chicago’s devastating heat wave left more than 700 people dead, city efforts to keep people protected from extreme weather continue to fall short. This weekend marks the 30th ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some warnings and procedures about extreme heat did not exist in Chicago before the deadly 1995 heat wave. Still, when temperatures rise in Chicago, for some, it brings back difficult ...

Emilio Aguirre died July 17, 1995. He died because he was too hot. He received a headstone in the back of Homewood Memorial Gardens cemetery just last month. We know very little about Emilio Aguirre.

The old Cook County Hospital has been gone for more than 20 years, but those of us who were staff members, patients or visitors there remember the vast, open 40-bed wards, with no privacy or central ...