The Dust Bowl was legendary for the swirling dust storms known as black blizzards. But it was also a time for record heat, ...

America's Midwest and Southern Plains regions experienced one of the most brutal droughts in the country's history.

If you live in El Paso, Las Cruces, or Ciudad Juárez and feel like you’ve been inhaling the Chihuahuan Desert lately, you’re not imagining things. The Borderplex region is experiencing its dustiest ...

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 ...

In the 1930s, the Great Plains in the American South faced a financial and environmental catastrophe spurred by years of ...

The Dust Bowl, from prolonged drought, heavy winds, and over-farming, led to fruitless farmland and skies blotted out by red ...

Storms on Friday sent dust from central Illinois farms into the city. Chicago hasn't seen a dust storm that significant since 1934, during the height of the Dust Bowl.

My view of the sun rn. Living in the modern day dust bowl — Kristine Robbins (@vertigoxcured.bsky.social) 2025-03-19T13:35:49.261Z There’s convincing evidence that the frequency of dust storms ...

Last Saturday’s storm started near Bloomington, Illinois, before traveling northeastward. It was the first such storm of this ...

A gentle wind followed the rain clouds, driving them on northward, a wind that softly clashed the drying corn,” wrote John Steinbeck in Chapter 1 of “The Grapes of Wrath, h ...