What is the dust bowl?

The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region. read more

The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion (the Aeolian processes) caused the phenomenon. read more

The Dust Bowl was a drought and heat wave that destroyed crops in the midwest in the 1930s. It worsened the Great Depression and could happen again. The Dust Bowl was a drought and heat wave that destroyed crops in the midwest in the 1930s. read more