Illinois soil and water conservation districts were allocated just $4.5 million for their operations in the budget year that ...

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Onshore winds continue Sunday, prompting a chance for areas of rain along the coast in the morning that develop into ...

A fantastical new novel from Karen Russell turns the whispered secrets of a Dust Bowl town into a bold metaphor for repressed ...

In “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck captures the suffocating dust storms and drought that plagued the Great Plains ...

The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years later, Nettie Featherston was forgotten ...

A dust storm blows through Morris, Illinois, during a high school graduation ceremony on May 16, 2025 CBS The literal wall of dust blowing through the Chicago area quickly dropped visibility to ...

Due to a devastating drought, the 1930s set a precedent in U.S. history. On the heels of the Great Depression, World War I and II, drought would stricken the land, making topsoil vulnerable to ...

Gill said that this year's busy dust season, which typically spans March through May for the city, has been "truly exceptional—one for the record books." A "full-fledged" dust storm, Gill added ...

Great Salt Lake's dust threatens air quality in Utah cities: Sunday's storm is one of many that has impacted the state, highlighting the problem of "dust season." ...

A powerful dust storm that surged across northern Mexico over the weekend was so vast it was clearly visible from space, as captured in satellite footage shared by weather and science agencies ...

In the 1930s, the area of land known as the Great Plains — a lush flatland spanning parts of 10 states — came to be known by a different name entirely: the “dust bowl.” One of the most severe ...