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Scenes of Sherman County, Kansas - Kansas Memory

West Texas is known to be dusty. Dust storms sometimes march across the West Texas countryside like an unrelenting army. The effects of dust can be devastating.

At least 7 people have died from pile-up on I-55 in central Illinois that was caused by a dust storm May 1.

Flames. >> still blowing up. >> reporter: over 30 agencies responded. >> this is a difficult scene, something very hard to train for. something that we really haven't experienced locally. >> reporter: officials say these kinds of dust storms are not uncommon, but the number of vehicles and casualties is very unusual. >> i got lucky. i didn't get crushed. i could have been. >> reporter: nathan was able to drive away safely before getting out to help others. >> i pulled off on the left side and got out and started going to different cars. there were cars all over the median and the other side of...

Dust storm so severe Kansans were lost in yard of own farm home - Kansas Memory