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 ...

The last dust storm to hit Chicago occurred on May 31, 1985 — and the last one of this kind of magnitude in Chicago happened during the Dust Bowl in the early to mid-1930s.

A massive dust storm was racing toward Chicago and the rest of northern Illinois, putting motorists and people with respiratory illnesses at risk, weather officials warned Friday evening. Zachary ...

A rare dust storm swept in from the southwest and enveloped the Chicago metropolitan area Friday evening, darkening the sky and creating eerie images. Visibility dropped to near zero and winds ...

especially after dust storm alerts hit their phones. Jean-Mastej pulled off and took out his phone to record the rare sight. "I was heading home, and the alert came up on my phone, and then my ...

A rare dust storm warning was issued for much of the Chicago area Friday night as fast-moving wall of dust blanketed the city and suburbs in a thick haze. The National Weather Service's Chicago ...

Day turned to night in northwest Indiana and north-central Illinois on Friday as a rare dust storm shrouded the skies. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather team.

CHICAGO – The skies over Chicago became an apocalyptic scene Friday as a dust storm raced through the Windy City. The National Weather Service started issuing alerts about the dust in central ...

A large dust storm swept through the Chicago area Friday, coming on the heels of a night of severe thunderstorms Thursday that left over 100,000 people without power. Temperatures remained very ...

Dust storm warnings continued across the Chicago area into the evening, with images showing the massive cloud of dust swallowing buildings in downtown Chicago. In Chicago, videos captured the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Friday’s sunny afternoon turned dark as the sun was temporarily blocked out by a rare dust storm that blanketed Chicagoland. A combination of low relative humidity, very dry ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Two women make their way to their vehicle as a dust storm moves through Montrose Harbor on Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a dust storm ...