Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean ...
In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit with an agricultural and financial blowback that hadn’t been seen in almost 100 years. The Dust Bowl, ...
Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...
Ninety years ago, the worst dust storm in American history blasted the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl had arrived.
Wheat plants damaged by the December wind storm that brought “Dust Bowl” conditions to Kansas face additional drought problems because plants have been weakened either by the sand-blast effect ...
An area known as the largest cotton patch in the U.S. is seeing another year of relentless drought, and with fields resembling the Dust Bowl, prospects for this year’s crop are dwindling by the ...
A dire weather forecast issued Monday calls for a hot, dry summer across the Plains reminiscent of the 1930s – the era of the devastating Dust Bowl drought. The Pennsylvania-based forecasting ...
Pianist Tim Chipman will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, during the library's next Music Under the Dome concert. Chipman a lifelong pianist and an elementary school principal, was taught to play by the ...
The March 14 wind storm didn’t only whip up dust, it also caused wildfires to rapidly spread across Texas and Oklahoma. In detailed satellite imagery you could see the thick dispersion of dust ...
The dust is particularly common in areas affected by drought. When a storm system moves through, it can pick up these airborne particles and carry them across long distances, only to have them ...
Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. Roosevelt signs the ...