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...Cold air funnels will be possible...

Cold air funnels are expected today. These cold air funnels are
developing underneath a few showers that are moving across the
area. Underneath these showers...spinning columns of air that look
like tornadoes may continue to develop. These funnels usually are
very brief and rarely touch the ground. If these funnels do touch
down...they most likely will not cause damage to life or
property.

Cold air funnels are due to very cool air aloft...warm moist air
near the ground...and are usually in association with a strong
area of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Due to
little or no wind shear...they are usually weak and very brief.

Pritzker to provide COVID-19 update as hospitalizations, cases surge

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CHICAGO (WREX) â€� Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is set to provide another update on COVID-19 Wednesday.Ìý

The governor will be speaking at 1:30 from Chicago. You can watch the update live on the .Ìý

The update comes as the state continues to see a rise in hospitalizations and cases. The state reported 28,110 new cases of the virus on Tuesday.Ìý

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As of Monday night, there were 7,353 people in the hospital with COVID-19 across the state. 1,152 people were in ICU beds and 664 were on ventilators.Ìý

Region 5, which includes most of southern Illinois, had 2 ICU beds available as of Tuesday, according to IDPH data.

Once again, you can watch Wednesday's update at 1:30 on the .Ìý

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