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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Illinois has seen over 100 tornadoes in 2024. What role does climate change play?
Description: The National Weather Service has confirmed the Chicago and Rockford areas saw 27 tornadoes touch down last Monday alone.
That brings the statewide total to over one hundred this year – already surpassing the annual average of 50.
Here now to discuss the implications of this staggering number is Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford.
HOST: LARA