It’s Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Illinois. The state saw its first round of severe weather last week when tornadoes killed three people. The National Weather Service is looking for severe weather spotters to help give people advance warning of severe weather.
Heavy storms including tornadoes are blamed for two deaths in Illinois overnight.
Authorities say one person was killed in the LaSalle County town of Ottawa when he was struck by an uprooted tree.
And in southern Illinois, the White County Coroner says a suspected tornado hit a small building near a house in the Crossville area, killing a 71-year-old man and injuring his wife.
Parts of downstate Illinois are under a Winter Storm Watch, a Freezing Rain Advisory and an Ice Storm Warning, as a winter storm moves into the southern Plains.
Some areas in northern Illinois and Iowa have been hit with a foot of snow.
There was no shortage of rain this month, but rather a shortage of drainage solutions. Collectively, Illinois received 8.9 inches of rainfall in June making it the wettest June on record and the fourth wettest month in the state's history according to records dating back to 1895. Currently, the wettest month on record happened in September of 1926 when 9.26 inches of rainfall fell over Illinois.
