A windy, dusty day can ruin your new car wash and leave you with grit in your mouth and dirt on your floors. But a new study ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The recent years-long drought may have tipped parts of the Northern Cape towards an irreversible dust bowl, following decades of heavy grazing and mining. Farming remains the most viable livelihood.

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 ...