Dust storm warnings are more common in the rural parts of central and southern Illinois. "You don't think that you would see this in the city," Jean-Mastej said. For most areas hit by the dust ...

John Dwyer coordinates emergency management in Champaign County, Illinois. He’s seeing a lot more weather extremes, from ...

Parts of Chicago were engulfed by an unusual dust storm over the weekend, reducing visibility to zero. This marks the first occurrence of such a storm in the city since 1934. The National Weather ...

The NWS Chicago office confirmed that it's been close to a century since the city was hit with an event of this proportion; that storm took place in the early to mid-1930s, during the Dust Bowl ...

The 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' air quality in Chicago comes as an air quality alert was issued for the entire state of ...

A massive wall of dust enshrouded the city of Chicago recently, forcing a ground stop at the Midwestern hub’s airports and stunning the city’s more than 2.6 million residents.. But, while sudden dust ...

In the aftermath of the first dust storm since the 1934 Dust Bowl to hit Chicago, business is surging at car washes like Elston Hand Car Wash in Avondale that are cleaning up.

A massive wall of dust enshrouded the city of Chicago recently, forcing a ground stop at the Midwestern hub’s airports and stunning the city’s more than 2.6 million residents. But, while sudden dust ...

The Independent quotes Stuart Evans about Chicago’s first dust storm in over 90 years. “In a place like Illinois where the source of the dust is agricultural … trends in dust can be very strongly ...