The National Weather Service issued Extreme Heat Watches and Flood Advisories throughout Illinois. Here's the forecast.

Corn sweat is an agricultural phenomenon that makes humidity during a heat wave even worse, especially in states like Illinois where it's a major cash crop.

Farmers at the Champaign County Fair are taking extra measures to take care of their animals at livestock competitions amid the Central Illinois heat wave. In this heat, cows can get heat stress, sometimes causing death.

A heat advisory has been issued for all of Chicagoland on Wednesday and Thursday as temperatures and humidity spike.

Hot and humid air is pushing heat indices towards 110° but an incoming cold front will bring some relief from the heat along with better chances for storms, which could bring isolated damaging wind gusts and heavy rain that could lead to flash flooding.

The spike in the wholesale cost of electricity, which ComEd buys at an annual auction and then passes through to its customers, paired with increased energy usage, added $67.28 month-over-month to

Matt Friedlein with the National Weather Service said shaded areas, like grassy parks or under tree canopies, can be up to 10 degrees cooler than paved surfaces.

Another round of excessive heat is on the way through much of the United States next week, with heat indices predicted to reach 110 degrees Fahrenheit