A dust storm, also known as a haboob, forms when strong, straight-line winds meet soil residue sitting among crops, ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Central Illinois experienced a weather phenomenon rare for the region: a dust storm. In order for the NWS to issue a dust storm warning, visibility must be lower ...

Interstate 55 in central Illinois reopened in both directions Tuesday morning after a deadly dust storm caused a chain reaction of crashes that killed seven people and injured more than 30 more ...

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.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A sudden and intense dust storm swept across central Illinois on Friday, reducing visibility to near zero and creating extremely dangerous conditions for drivers.

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 ...

I've never heard of a dust storm in Illinois." The dust that hit Chicago was windblown from farm fields in Central Illinois. Video shot by University of Illinois Extension farm management educator ...

Severe weather is expected to sweep though Central Illinois overnight ... It comes after an afternoon in which dust storms forced authorities to shut down multiple stretches of interstate due ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Across Central Illinois, intense winds are picking up dust and impacting visibility. Dust storm warnings are in effect for several counties in our viewing area ...

The storm was moving at about 60 mph northward, carrying dust from central Illinois’ farms picked up in a cluster of thunderstorms earlier Friday, he said. The exact path of the storm was not cl ...

BLOOMINGTON — The severe weather that swept through Central Illinois on Tuesday ... During the afternoon and early evening, dust storms forced the Illinois State Police to shut down multiple ...