Pritzker signs disaster proclamation to aid recovery after months of 'relentless and unprecedented' storms

Pritzker signs disaster proclamation to aid recovery after months of 'relentless and unprecedented' storms

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has declared an emergency over “relentless and unprecedented” storms that have spawned more than 200 tornadoes and ravaged the state over the last two months.The declaration would free up more state funds and resources for those recovering from the weeks of what was described by Pritzker as “severe and record-breaking weather” that brought “widespread damage from torrential downpours, flash flooding, straight-line winds…