A dust storm warning is in effect until 4:15 p.m. along US-51 near the central Illinois town of Pana, according to the National Weather Service.

NOAA states that 14 to 32 deaths from these storms occur per year across the country. In 2023, eight people were killed in one dust storm on a central Illinois interstate highway. Factoring in weather ...

Drivers are speaking out following fatal crashes due to a dangerous dust storm in central Illinois late Monday morning, which led to the deaths of at least six people. "You couldn’t even see ...

Illinois authorities shut down part of I-55 Monday after a dust storm caused multiple vehicles on the road to crash, creating a pile-up that stretched miles and killed multiple people.

"Certainly dust storms happen, but it is not something that happens every day here in this part of Illinois or in any part of Illinois," he said. "So this is very serious, unusual circumstances.

More than 80 vehicles were involved in numerous crashes from the dust storm along Interstate 55 between mileposts 76 and 78 on May 1, 2023. Eight people were killed.

As towering clouds of dust darkened Illinois skies once again recently, a chilling parallel to the 1930s Dust Bowl era loomed large over America’s heartland. Coupled with last year’s deadly 72 ...

At least six people were killed Monday when a dust storm caused a pileup involving as many as 90 vehicles on Interstate 55 in central Illinois, authorities said. Illinois State Police Maj. Ryan ...

[1/6]A view of vehicles in a dust storm, which cut visibility to near zero and triggered a series of chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles, on a highway in Springfield, Illinois, U.S ...

Illinois State Police say a windstorm that kicked up clouds of dust in south-central Illinois has led to numerous crashes and multiple fatalities on Interstate 55. (WICS TV via AP) (AP) ...