Excessive heat is America's No. 1 weather killer most years. This heat wave 30 years ago claimed hundreds of lives in the ...

The Sky did right by Allie Quigley by making her the first-ever jersey to be retired by the franchise. She earned that.

Illinois soil and water conservation districts were allocated just $4.5 million for their operations in the budget year that ...

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Enrollment rates for two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs spiked after the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated billions of ...

Scattered storms are expected through the middle of the day before a cloud of Saharan dust arrives Sunday night and into Monday.

Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to Andy Taylor, the Science and ...

Midwest dust storms are increasing as Illinois faces soil conservation funding cuts, raising concerns for farmers and public safety.

Soil conservation funding ‘deprioritized’ While there were no deaths due to the storm in Chicago, a major dust storm that occurred in central Illinois on a portion of I-55 resulted in a multi-car ...

On May 16, Chicago saw its first major dust storm since the Dust Bowl. The storm dropped visibility in the city to near zero as wind gusts blew over 60 mph at times, according to the National Weather ...

Illinois dust storms raise concern as soil conservation funding remains stagnant amid increasing weather risks.