A major storm system kicked off the first of several major dust storms during the 1930s Dust Bowl and pushed it eastward on this date in 1933. The storm system provided a catalyst for strong warming, ...
An upcoming exhibit at a local museum aims to unearth the dirty truth about the historic Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
When biblical jackrabbit plagues swarmed the drought-ravaged High Plains in the early 20th century, rural Americans rallied ...
Eleven-year-old Ray’s world turns upside down when the biggest dust storm in U.S. history happens. Drought turns the farmland of Texas into a dry, barren wasteland. The dust storm blacks out the sky ...
About 90 years ago, American farmers in the Great Plains had so ravaged the thin soil there that a series of droughts turned the region into a vast expanse of dust, which formed monstrous storms and ...
It’s not a certainty, but heat and drought are more frequent in the U.S., upping the odds of the disaster’s return.
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