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Almanac: The dust bowl

Name: Almanac: The dust bowl
Uploaded: 2014-05-11T09:17:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 11 s
Description: On May 11, 1934, a dust storm blowing from the Great Plains blanketed much of the nation’s Mid-Atlantic region due to decades of poor farming practices and chronic drought conditions. Charles Osgood reports.

On May 11, 1934, a dust storm blowing from the Great Plains blanketed much of the nation’s Mid-Atlantic region due to decades of poor farming practices and chronic drought conditions. Charles Osgood reports.