The hottest periods will be in mid-July and early and late August. Rainfall will be below normal in the east and near normal in the west. April will be cooler than normal, while May will be warmer. The snowiest periods will be in late November to early December and early to mid-January. Both precipitation and snowfall will be above normal. Winter will be colder than normal, with the coldest temperatures in early December and late January to mid-February. “We had to search every vehicle, whether they were involved in the accident or just pulled over, to check for injuries,” he said, adding that people were “upset - visibly so, understandably so.”Īuthorities set up staging areas away from the crash site to help travelers reunite with friends and family.Īssociated Press reporters Rick Callahan in Indianapolis and Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.Enter Your Location Annual Weather Summary Kevin Schott, director of emergency services in Montgomery County, said it was a “very difficult scene” and one that’s “very hard to train for.” There were just so many cars and semitrucks with so much momentum behind them.”
“People tried to slow down and other people didn’t, and I just got plowed into. Louis from Chicago, said a semi turned before striking his vehicle, sparing him from even more damage. The top layer of soil is quite loose.”Įvan Anderson, 25, who was returning home to St. Elk Grove Village, IL Weather Radar AccuWeather Today Hourly Daily Radar MinuteCast Monthly Air Quality Health & Activities Elk Grove Village Weather Radar Now Rain Snow Ice Mix. The farmers are out there tilling their fields and planting. East northeast wind to around 7 mph 11 kph, with wind gusts to near 9 mph 14 kph. “It’s been very dry across this area really for the last three weeks. “It’s very flat, very few trees,” meteorologist Chuck Schaffer said. Winds at the time were gusting between 35 mph (56 kph) and 45 mph (74 kph), the National Weather Service said. He held up his backpack, which was caked with dust even though it was inside a closed truck cab. Socarras Quintero said the dust continued to blow ferociously as he checked on other motorists and emergency personnel arrived. Louis to make deliveries for his custom frame company based in Elk Grove Village, said that after his truck hit the vehicle in front of him, he exited and moved to the side of the road to ensure his safety, then returned after the chain reaction of crashes ended behind him. “The cause of the crashes is due to excessive winds blowing dirt from farm fields across the highway, leading to zero visibility,” Starrick said.ĭairon Socarras Quintero, 32, who was driving to St. Pritzker described the scene as “horrific.” Starrick told reporters that it was a spring version of a “whiteout situation” typically seen in winter snowstorms. Louis, and likely won’t reopen until Tuesday. I-55 was shut down in both directions in Montgomery County, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of St. “The only thing you could hear after we got hit was crash after crash after crash behind us,” said Tom Thomas, 43, who was traveling south to St. He said at least six people died, all in the northbound lanes, and more than 30 people on both sides of I-55 were transported to hospitals with injuries. The late morning crashes involved 40 to 60 cars and multiple tractor-trailers, two of which caught fire, Illinois State Police Maj. (AP) - A windstorm in central Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing numerous crashes that killed at least six people on Interstate 55, police said.
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