CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) -- Drought conditions and harvesting season are proving to be a dangerous combination, kicking up dust and reducing visibility across some area highways in Central Illinois.

Ed Shimon, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said drivers should know what to do in case they encounter a localized area where harvesting activities are kicking up localized dust events.

"Those really dry crops, because of the low moisture content, is creating more of that dusty debris that's actually reducing visibility across roadways more frequently this year," Shimon said. "The guidance on that is to pull off to the side of the road as far off the road as you can get."

It’s not the only negative coming out of this year’s drought though. U of I agronomy p

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