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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T08:50:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
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    "Chicago",
    "Climate Change",
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  "textContent": "In a little-noticed memo early last year, Illinois scientists made a dire prediction. “Bulletin 76,” a communication from University of Illinois researchers, warned that intense rain made worse by climate change was going to get a lot more severe in the next 25 years. “What is considered safe and adequate today may not hold true […]",
  "title": "Flooding in Chicago Is Getting Worse. Here’s Why."
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