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A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. [1] Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Fine particles are transported by saltation and suspension, a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another.
Name Date Affected regions Black Sunday: April 14, 1935, during the Dust Bowl: Texas Panhandle to the Oklahoma Panhandle, United States [note 1]: Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977
The July 2023 Chicago Area Flood was caused by a heavy rainfall that occurred on July 2, 2023, in the Chicago Metropolitan Area of northeastern Illinois. Rainfall up to 9.0 inches (23 cm) occurred over an 18-hour period; the majority occurred from early in the morning to late in the afternoon. [ 1 ]
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Satellite loop of a supercell near Chicago producing heavy lightning on June 13, 2022. The Storm Prediction Center had outlined an Enhanced (3/5) risk for severe activity in the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley , with forecasters predicting the formation of storms producing large hail , severe wind , and an infrequent tornado threat.
This led to widespread wind damage and several weak tornado touchdowns in the Chicago metropolitan area. This included a long-tracked EF1 tornado that struck the historic Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois , during a Morbid Angel and Crypta concert, causing a collapse of the venue's roof , killing one person and injuring at least 40 others ...
Aerial view of Phase II of the McCook Reservoir under construction in 2023. The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (abbreviated TARP and more commonly known as the Deep Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan by diverting ...
The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...