Thousands of families simply abandoned their farms altogether. In 1929, an unprecedented decade of drought, known as the Dust Bowl, hits parts of the Canadian prairies. (National Archives of ...

I was born in what’s now the center — what was considered the center of the Panhandle, the Dust Bowl. I feel like that ... around each quarter of land, 'cause most of 'em got a quarter.

Surviving the Dust Bowl is the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease — even death — for nearly a decade.

The recent years-long drought may have tipped parts of the Northern Cape towards an irreversible dust bowl, following decades ...

The first dust bowl in the 1930s was caused by a combination of a severe drought and poor land management, making it easier for strong winds to move the dust. Since our drought conditions are ...