On May 16, 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts swept across central Illinois, developing into a dust storm near Bloomington and Champaign, which reduced visibility to zero, damaged some soy and corn crops, and knocked over trees. As the dust storm moved north, a warning was issued for Chicago and northwest Indiana. It had been 40 years since […]
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