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It’s not your imagination: It truly has been more gloomy, rainy and wet than usual in Chicago this year.

The vernal equinox arrives Sunday for the Northern Hemisphere, marking the official start of spring for the Chicago area.

The weekend has been off to a rainy and colder start, though there looks to be a turnaround by Sunday — in true Chicago fashion.

Periods of rain throughout the day with possibly a few snowflakes mixed in early.

Following a rapid cool down and widespread rain showers, racers can expect a pleasant day for running Sunday with warm temperatures and sunshine on tap.

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St. Patrick’s Day brought Chicago a lucky, but brief glimpse of spring-like weather and 70-degree temperatures ahead of a twist in conditions: a rapid cool down, widespread rainfall and potential thunderstorms.

Temperatures will fall quickly this evening and Friday as a front moves through. NBC 5 Meteorologist Paul Deanno updates your forecast.

At lest 38 people are dead after devastating mudslides and flooding tore through a mountainous region of Rio de Janiero state in Brazil, according to authorities.

Across Northern California, crews worked Monday to clear streets of toppled trees and branches and to clean gutters clogged by debris carried by rainwater from a massive storm that caused flooding and rock slides, and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands.

Following heavy rain and flooding in Australia’s state of Victoria, thousands of arachnids made webs to protect themselves from the water.

The brunt of nature’s fury was taken once again by Lake Charles, in a coastal zone still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes last fall and a deep freeze in February. The National Weather Service said in a Facebook post that south Lake Charles got 12 to 15 inches of rain in just 12 hours.

You hear it all the time in your weather forecast. “There’s a 40% chance of rain,” but what does it mean? Hint: It doesn’t mean 40% of your area will get rain. NBC Bay Area’s Rob Mayeda explains.

A rain delay on opening day didn’t wash away the excitement for White Sox fans on Thursday. By 5:20 p.m., the tarp was off and the game was underway, roughly two hours after the initial scheduled time. Die-hard fans like Aaron Saldana came with a full skull mask and sunglasses on what was a very rainy day. “It’s a...

A rain delay on opening day didn’t wash away the excitement for White Sox fans on Thursday, or for businesses around the ballpark. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has more from Guaranteed Rate Field.

Powerful wind gusts will be paired with heavy rain Thursday evening, bringing multiple hazards to the Chicago area and the potential for some storms.

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Hawaii Gov. David Ige declared a state of emergency after heavy rains on the islands caused flooding and landslides.

The East Troublesome Fire had burned more than 170,00 acres as of Friday afternoon, causing the evacuation of the entire town of Grand Lake, Colo.