How many people were killed during the Dust Bowl?

It's hard to see, however, how either Katrina or the oil spill can top the Dust Bowl in the pantheon of American environmental disasters. In the Dust Bowl, about 7,000 people, men, women and especially small children lost their lives to “dust pneumonia.” At least 250,000 people fled the Plains.May 12, 2011 read more

The exact number of deaths from the Dust Bowl remains unknown, but evidence suggests hundreds, even thousands, of Plains residents died from exposure to dust. The Dust Bowl claimed the lives of men, women and children, although children and the elderly were most susceptible to the harmful effects of the dust. read more

All of these combined conditions led to the dust bowl. Lack of rain. Back in the 1930's, they depended on rain to water their crops. without rain their crops didn't grow, and without crops they didn't have money. read more