A fast-moving dust storm swept across the Chicago area Friday evening, creating an eerie sight as a thick haze quickly blanketed the region.

Chicago saw its first-ever Dust Storm Warning within the city limits Friday as high winds carried dust across most of the area. It came after thousands woke up without power on Friday morning in ...

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 ...

A historic dust storm hit Chicago last month, and a weather satellite gave us a bird's-eye view of the dramatic event.

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

But, while sudden dust storms can be dangerous, the lesser known harms lie in the windswept particles themselves — with the Chicago dust storm likely to contain lead, farm chemicals and particles that ...