The alert warned people of the near zero visibility due to an impending storm blowing dust across multiple interstate highways. After the dust storm in April of 2023, which caused a major car crash on ...

Severe storms sent deadly tornados through the Midwest on Friday night that killed at least 23 people, but meteorologists warned that millions in Chicago are set to be blanketed by a dust cloud.

On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois. Soil and Water ...

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 ...

In Texas, a dust storm turned skies over El Paso into a sand color that created low visibility Tuesday. Residents were advised to stay off roads, the National Weather Service in El Paso said.

Officials said the likelihood of another dust storm is very rare. Last week, a chain-reaction crash occurred about 20 minutes south of Springfield, Illinois on Interstate 55.

Hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. upper Midwest Thursday evening, sending walls of dust across cities and rural towns, causing widespread property damage and killing at least two people.

The high winds spurred dust storms that led to almost a dozen deaths in car crashes Friday. Eight people died in a Kansas highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles, according to the state ...

Hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. upper Midwest Thursday evening, sending walls of dust across cities and rural towns, causing widespread property damage and killing at least two people.

On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois.