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Chicago’s first dust storm in over 90 years was likely toxic and full of farm chemicals - The historic event may have carried ...
Now that the dust has settled, many are wondering just how and why such an out-of-the-ordinary weather phenomenon happened.
Startling images and videos captured a wild scene in parts of Illinois where massive dust clouds could be seen as warnings ...
A tall, imposing plume of agricultural sediment blew from central Illinois and over dry farmland to envelop Chicago, dropping visibility to near zero last week during a type of dust storm mostly ...
May 16th, 2025 continues to be an interesting weather day and is keeping meteorologists like me on their toes. Earlier in the ...
Day turned to night in northwest Indiana and north-central Illinois on Friday as a rare dust storm shrouded the skies.
A massive dust storm was racing toward Chicago and the rest of northern Illinois, putting motorists and people with ...
A dust storm hit Normal, Illinois, causing the NWS to issue a warning for McLean County. Powerful winds reached 60 mph, ...
According to the National Weather Service, the last time a dust storm affected Chicago was on May 31, 1985. Newspaper accounts noted the visibility in downtown Chicago got down to four miles.
Storms on Friday sent dust from central Illinois farms into the city. Chicago hasn't seen a dust storm that significant since ...
A large dust storm swept through Illinois Friday, sparking the first-ever dust storm warning for Chicago as it led to numerous crashes and travel warnings across the state. So how exactly did it ...