A major storm system kicked off the first of several major dust storms during the 1930s Dust Bowl and pushed it eastward on this date in 1933. The storm system provided a catalyst for strong warming, ...

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Author Rena Olsen is out with a new children's book about her mother's joy that's been passed down through the generations. Rena’s book “Maxine's Joy” tells her mom’s story as a Dust Bowl survivor who ...

Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean they’re likely to continue. In their wake, air quality readings spiked ...

Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Dust Bowl scarred part of the prairie and damaged agricultural land in the 1930s. On Wednesday Humanities Kansas hosted an event remembering the Kansas Dust Bowl. The ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Dust Bowl was an event that happened almost 100 years ago in the United States where severe dust storms moved across the country damaging agriculture. With the severe ...