The 1995 Chicago heat wave is the most notorious and deadly of the city's hot spells, and in fact the deadliest weather event in the city's history. With the Midwest again trapped under a heat dome, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A historic, deadly heat wave affected much of the Midwest and specifically Chicago in July of 1995. Over 700 deaths were reported in Chicago just within a five-day period from ...