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Day turned to night in northwest Indiana and north-central Illinois on Friday as a rare dust storm shrouded the skies.

Now that the dust has settled, many are wondering just how and why such an out-of-the-ordinary weather phenomenon happened.

Friday was the first time the city had seen a dust storm since May 10, 1934, which was during the first wave of the Dust Bowl ...

A massive dust storm was racing toward Chicago and the rest of northern Illinois, putting motorists and people with ...

In the aftermath of the first dust storm since the 1934 Dust Bowl to hit Chicago, business is surging at car washes like ...

A large dust storm swept through Illinois Friday, sparking the first-ever dust storm warning for Chicago as it led to ...

The sudden and intense dust storm that swept across central Illinois on Friday caused low visibility and dangerous driving ...

Storms on Friday sent dust from central Illinois farms into the city. Chicago hasn't seen a dust storm that significant since ...

According to the National Weather Service, the last time a dust storm affected Chicago was on May 31, 1985. Newspaper accounts noted the visibility in downtown Chicago got down to four miles.

Check out this jaw-dropping footage of the sky's dramatic shift as a dust storm approaches Illinois. A rare dust storm, ...

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 ...