During the Great Depression, the United States experienced years of massive dust storms that would become known as the Dust Bowl era.

Ninety years ago, the worst dust storm in American history blasted the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl had arrived.

Alyssa Colman reflects on her research behind her forthcoming middle grade novel, 'Where Only Storms Grow'—which takes place ...

The 1935 tragedy during a years-long drought compounded by a lack of soil conservation efforts "should be remembered as the ...

Russell, whose novel "Swamplandia!" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, talks about her latest novel ahead of an event in ...

Have you noticed the dusty haze in the air today? A dust storm in the southern plains is to blame! Dust has been carried eastward with the jet stream winds (winds well above the earths surface ...

severe weather and blizzard conditions from the Midwest and Northern Plains into the Great Lakes. This storm system and powerful winds have drawn up a trail of dust from over 1,000 miles away and ...