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.

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

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 rare dust storm swept in from the southwest and enveloped the Chicago metropolitan area Friday evening, darkening the sky ...

A fast-moving dust storm swept across the Chicago area Friday evening, creating an eerie sight as a thick haze quickly ...

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 ...

A dust storm loomed over a residential suburb in the U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois on Friday (May 16), as authorities ...

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