El Paso is experiencing unprecedented dust storms in 2025, reminiscent of the 1936 Dust Bowl. The National Weather Service issued dust storm warnings on Tuesday, May 13, and Wednesday, May 14, as high ...

Kansas is a wheat-growing powerhouse — usually. Between 1981 and 2020, the state produced almost 360 million bushels of wheat per year, or almost a quarter of the total U.S. output. Russia’s 2022 ...

As the winds pick up, they soon become powerful gusts, causing the Franklin Mountains to vanish into a swirling haze of dust. Dust storms, a familiar yet formidable force in the Borderland, have the ...

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 ...