Chicagoans made a record-breaking number of calls to 311 about last week’s severe weather

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date June 16, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Last Updated June 16, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/weather/2026/06/16/chicago-severe-weather-complaints-311-calls-record-breaking-amount-downed-trees

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Severe weather rolled into Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday, but the impact of last week’s storms were felt long into the weekend. And as tree limbs came down, calls to the 311 hotline went up. From Wednesday afternoon to Sunday night, Chicagoans filed more than 20,000 weather-related complaints ...