May 16th, 2025 continues to be an interesting weather day and is keeping meteorologists like me on their toes. Earlier in the ...

A new report from the National Weather Service concluded that a combination of drier soil, recent agricultural tilling, and ...

In mid-May, a giant wall of dust paraded across parts of the U.S. Midwest, and, thanks to the National Oceanic and ...

The Chicago area will see several waves of rainstorms Tuesday and Wednesday before a weekend of summer heat, according to the ...

A large dust storm swept through Illinois Friday, sparking the first-ever dust storm warning for Chicago as it led to numerous crashes and travel warnings across the state. So how exactly did it ...

Weather officials issued a dust storm warning for the Chicago area, central Illinois and Northwest Indiana that was lifted at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Residents were told to seek shelter and avoid roads ...

A time-lapse video shows how quickly the Chicago skyline ... included the city itself. Dust storm warnings are more common in the rural parts of central and southern Illinois.

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 ...

That warning did not include Chicago. In the 2023 dust storm, seven people died in a crash involving 72 vehicles on Interstate 55 in central Illinois. Chicago was last affected by a significant ...

open image in gallery A historic dust storm hit Illinois last weekend. The haboob may have sent lead, pesticides and other worrying toxins into downtown Chicago skies (NWS Chicago) Haboobs ...

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 ...