Haboobs, another term for intense dust storms, can occur anywhere in the U.S., but are most common in the Southwest. Dusty El Paso, Texas, has seen 10 just this year, according to Inside Climate News.

Dust storms are not uncommon in Illinois. Here's how they can happen. ABC7 Chicago meteorologist Larry Mowry said winds have been 35 to 45 mph in the area, which has been dry.

A new report from the weather service says the dust storm last month, which prompted the Chicagoland area’s first-ever dust storm warning, impacted Lake County. The National Weather Service (NWS ...

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 ...

Although Taylor said dust storms are not new to Illinois – as his office has documented events back to the 80s – most of the storms don’t move across vast expanses of the state.

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.

In mid-May of 2025, an enormous cloud filled the horizon outside of Bloomington, Illinois, menacing in both scope and color. Its rusty tint was akin to the orange skies of wildfire season in the ...

Although Taylor said dust storms are not new to Illinois – as his office has documented events back to the 80s – most of the storms don’t move across vast expanses of the state.

While there were no deaths due to the storm in Chicago, a major dust storm that occurred in central Illinois on a portion of I-55 resulted in a multi-car pileup that took the lives of eight people ...

It was the first such storm of this magnitude to hit the Windy City since the Dust Bowl, in the early-to-mid-1930’s – the first in 91 years.