
“Periodic shower and storm chances and continued heat and humidity”: that is the forecast for the rest of this week from the National Weather Service in Chicago.
Like so many places in the US, the “Windy City” is prone to violent summer storms that cause havoc at airports. And that can spell miserable times for travellers – as reader Tim Worrall found. Flying back from Indianapolis to London, he expected a single swift and simple change of plane, but ended up with an exhausting four-flight zigzag back to Gatwick.