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Allegies? Get Ready
CHICAGO (AP) -- It's allergy season, and it looks like a bad one.

Heavy snow and rain in some parts of the country have nourished a profusion of tree pollen. And a sudden shift to warm, sunny weather has made its release more robust. Add in the wind, and the suffering skyrockets.

Allergy specialists from New York to Atlanta and from Chicago to California are warning about a difficult season.

Weather experts say April was a historic month for weather. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia all set records for the wettest April since 1895.

Dr. Joseph Leija performs the Gottlieb Allergy Count for the Midwest. And the allergist last month said tree pollen was unseasonably high in Chicago and predicted ``one of the worst allergy seasons ever.''

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