Residents of Springfield woke up to a choking orange hue in the air on Tuesday as strong winds whipped up dust and deposited it along I-55 just outside of the county.
A severe dust storm has swept across several counties in Illinois, blanketing the region in thick clouds of orange dust, causing catastrophic dealy wreck, killing at least seven people and sending air pollution soaring to hazardous levels.
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There are multiple fatalities after a dust storm in Illinois caused dozens of crashes along a major highway, which is now closed, officials say. https://t.co/fCwSq6zPZA
Both Democrats and Republicans have
made great strides in reducing America's pollution, but a perfect storm of northern winds and an industrial rebound has created dangerously high levels of pollution across Illinois.
The dust storm aggravates air pollution and puts people at greater risk of respiratory disease as the particles are small enough to be inhaled into the lungs.
The weather service is calling on people to wear masks while outdoors. Children, the elderly and people with respiratory allergies and other conditions should "limit how much they go out."
Even smaller particles referred to as PM2.5 can travel deeper into your lungs and potentially enter your bloodstream. Levels of PM2.5 have been "hazardous" in Illinois for some of the past 24 hours.
Illinois is regularly hit with duststorms in the spring with the smog made worse by rising industrial activities and rapid deforestation throughout US.
Dense clouds enveloped I-55 where the air quality index of PM10 -- particles of pollution that are less than 10 micrometers in diameter and can enter through the nose and travel to the lungs -- have exceeded monitoring charts.
It is not an April fool's joke.
It's official: Donald Trump is the 1st man in the Oval Office to be INDICTED.
America is finally becoming the greatest country in the world. And American politicians are becoming truly genuine and authentic April's fools.
@ThePollLady People living in democratic countries like France can retire as late as Americans do. 67 is a good retirement ago. 70 is even better. Follow Americans, whether it is about retirement age or sending weapons to Ukraine.
The manure movement is spreading in the Netherlands. Dutch gov should resist with Umbrellas. Hong Kong umbrella movement can provide great advice.
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The Netherlands is seizing privately owned farm land.
In protest, Dutch farmers are spraying government buildings and riot police with MANURE!
We could learn from the Dutch.
There is no such thing as police brutality in Paris. No one got hurt or injured. Everything is peaceful. MSM can't see and does not want to report any of those violence.
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