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.

High caution readings were found on 23 days last summer with only four corresponding with sewer system overflows, water ...

Summer is Chicago's wettest season and a time when severe storms and tornadoes are most common. There are two reasons why 2025 may be worse than normal.

Chicago beaches will open for the 2025 season, and Saturday, Illinois' largest waterpark opens. But the temperature won't feel much like summer.

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

Some powerful storms hit Central Illinois late Tuesday afternoon. Heavy rain and even hail pelted the town of Paxton, Illinois, about half an hour north of Champaign. There was also a tornado on the ...