On May 1, 2023, 72 vehicles crashed into each other on Interstate 55 (1-55) in Illinois due to a sudden, perilous dust storm. Ron Ochu, KOOZ, spoke with a first responder at the scene, Deputy Director of Operations at the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Dan Hough,...
We’ve known how to mitigate them for nearly a century, but these storms will likely grow in intensity as farming expands and climate change intensifies.
At least six people are dead following a pile-up involving up to 80 vehicles on Interstate 55 south of Springfield, Illinois, on Monday, Illinois State Police said. More than 30 people were transported to the hospital with injuries. A dust storm led to the massive pile-up involving 20 comm...
A large silicon-aluminum aerosol plume in central Illinois: north African desert dust? Atmos. Environ. (1996) J.P.Guoet al. Trans-Pacific transport of dust aerosols from East Asia: insights gained from multiple observations and modeling
There are several different opinions as to what actually constitutes the “dust bowl” era. Some people choose to use the date of the first sand storm (1931) as the start date while others use the first year of the drought (1930) and still others confine it to the actual drought years ...
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 02: A traveler arrives at a nearly-deserted O'Hare International Airport on April 2, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The airport, which typically serves 8.2 million passengers a month, has closed two of its seven runways as the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced...
The crashes, on a two-mile stretch of Interstate 55 in central Illinois, took place on both sides of the highway just before 11 a.m., the police said in a statement. The highway in that area, which was closed in both directions after the accident, reopened on Tuesday morning, the ...
The recent soil dust cloud catastrophe in central Illinois is another wakeup call suggesting that agriculture needs to implement more sustainable production practices. The combined unique conditions of dry soils, strong winds, and recent soil tillage caused the tragic loss of human life. This ...