Okla. dust storm causes highway pile-ups, injuries

MSNBC: A dust storm swirling reddish-brown clouds over northern Oklahoma triggered multiple crashes involving about three dozen vehicles on Thursday, forcing police to shut down part of the heavily traveled Interstate 35 for several hours amid near blackout conditions. More than a dozen people were injured as winds up to 55 mph whipped up the soil off farmlands near Blackwell, NBC station KFOR-TV reported. In a scene reminiscent of the Dust Bowl days, choking dust shrouded Interstate 35, which links......

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