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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.

Cancer cases on the rise in Southern Illinois cancer facility expanding to meet the need

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CARBONDALE, Ill. (WSIL) -- The SIH Cancer Institute is expanding and the SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale is helping with a $150,000 donation.

SIH Cancer Institute serves cancer patients at all stages.

They have plans on how to address breast, lung, head and neck.

They're in the process of expanding their cancer institute.

"We've been open for six years, and we have seen an increase and double of what we have been seeing previously.  And so, there was a need for us to expand the cancer institute and to expand our services," said Jennifer Badiu, the system Director at SIH Cancer Institute.

The expansion is a $21 million project.

It will increase the facility's size by 40%.

The facility opened in March 2015 and is the region's first and only cancer treatment center.