Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it is a present and escalating crisis that affects every corner of the globe.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Checkout this eerie footage of a dust storm approaching in Bloomington, Illinois. A rare dust storm swept through Illinois, triggered by high winds and dry, barren fields. The storm, with gusts ...

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.

CHICAGO - High winds and dry fields kicked up a dangerous dust storm across parts of the Chicago area on Friday; a new report ...