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Storms from Monday's Plains system moved toward Illinois and the Mississippi Valley for Election Day; we could not confirm whether Monday night's Kansas and Missouri storms caused damage. Two Halloween-weekend shootings in Bloomington, Illinois (1 dead, 7 hurt, no arrests reported) and Bloomington, Indiana (7 shot, 1 arrest) are under investigation.
Drops to Green if Tuesday's showers stay scattered with no polling-place outages.Goes Orange if Storms bring damaging wind or tornadoes to Missouri or Illinois on Election Day.
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AccuWeather and Yahoo Weather reported severe-storm risk shifting into parts of Missouri on Tuesday and Wednesday, with gusts that could cause sporadic outages. The earlier NWS Chicago forecast called for showers and a few storms Tuesday afternoon with gusts near 35 mph. No reports of Monday night storm damage in Kansas or Missouri were found; the searches did not return Nov. 2 coverage.
Bloomington, Illinois, police said one person died and seven were injured at a party near East Division Street at about 1:23 a.m. Sunday; police said it appears isolated with no ongoing threat, and no arrests were reported. In Bloomington, Indiana, 7 people were shot during Halloween celebrations near Indiana University; ABC7 reported one person was arrested and a gun recovered, with it unclear whether that person was the shooter.
No outages found.
No outages found. Damaging gusts in Tuesday storms could cause scattered outages, per AccuWeather.
Severe-storm risk moves into Missouri Tuesday and Wednesday; Monday night's outcome in Kansas and Missouri could not be confirmed.
Severe-storm risk moves into Missouri Tuesday and Wednesday; Monday night's outcome in Kansas and Missouri could not be confirmed.
Not rechecked today beyond weather; no major disruptions found.
Not rechecked today beyond weather; no major disruptions found.
Illinois Wesleyan-area shooting: 1 dead, 7 hurt, no arrests reported.
Illinois Wesleyan-area shooting: 1 dead, 7 hurt, no arrests reported. Bloomington, Ind.: 7 shot, 1 arrested. Drought and measles items from the earlier report were not rechecked today.
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