We are years from a repeat of the 1930s’ Dust Bowl era, with experts saying new tools and good luck are key to avoiding a drought on that scale.

In “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck captures the suffocating dust storms and drought that plagued the Great Plains during the 1930s. “All day the dust sifted down from the sky, and the next day ...

Here's why the 1930s Great Plains Dust Bowl drought-disaster hit so hard and lasted so long, and why it could happen again By James Pasley ...

The Texas drought that the nation remembers was the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. It could be argued, however, that the 1950s drought, which lasted 8 years, was worse than the Dust Bowl. The last bad ...

The effects of The Dust Bowl in the early 1930s led to a wave of record-setting heat waves across the eastern half of the ...

Drought Leaves Midwest Towns ‘Drier Than the Dust Bowl’ Scarce water can mean empty wells, dry streambeds and parking port-a-potties at sporting events By Shannon Najmabadi Follow ...

The Dust Bowl got its name on April 15, 1935, the day after Black Sunday.

As wells dry up, aquifer levels drop and water demand grows, how much drought can Iowa withstand? 'We don’t have unlimited water,' state geologist says.

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Scientists say drought and climate change are driving the severe dust storms pummeling the border region of Chihuahua, New Mexico and Texas.

Drought and dust had plagued residents of the Panhandle and other areas of western Oklahoma for a couple of weeks, but there was no sign of dust on this Palm Sunday, April 14, 1935, when church ...

The Dust Bowl got its name on April 15, 1935, the day after Black Sunday.