Though dust storms have impacted Illinois expressways before, Friday's event marked a moment of history for the city of Chicago. "Just making it to Chicago… it's not common at all to get this ...

The storm was carrying dust picked up from farms in central Illinois, and raced north toward the Chicago area, bringing 60- to 70-mph winds and reducing visibility to less than a quarter of a mile.

A fast-moving dust storm swept across the Chicago area Friday evening, ... A dust storm blows through Morris, Illinois, during a high school graduation ceremony on May 16, 2025 CBS ...

Dust storm warning for Chicago, Illinois on May 16, 2025. NWS. I did not believe it either until my friend Dr. Tom Gill started posting about it on his social media platforms.

Chicago’s first dust storm in over 90 years was likely toxic and full of farm chemicals ... Like other blowing dust, the composition of the Illinois dust could include heavy metals.

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.

Experts say dry soil, strong winds and tilling practices are fueling Midwest dust storms as soil conservation funding in ...

And for a dust storm to affect Chicago is even more uncommon.” The last dust storm to hit Chicago occurred on May 31, 1985 — and the last one of this kind of magnitude in Chicago happened ...

Day turned to night in northwest Indiana and north-central Illinois on Friday as a rare dust storm shrouded the skies. ... the dust storm moved into downtown Chicago by about 6:30 p.m.

Though dust storms have impacted Illinois expressways before, Friday’s event marked a moment of history for the city of Chicago. “Just making it to Chicago… it’s not common at all to get ...

Chicago’s first dust storm in over 90 years was likely toxic and full of farm chemicals The historic event may have carried lead, pesticides and other metals Julia Musto ...