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Dust, Everywhere (1934)

Published: May 11, 2021, 12:44 p.m.

It\u2019s May 11th. This day in 1934, a massive dust storm swept across the Great Plains, lifting up millions of tons of topsoil and spreading it as far as 300 miles off the coast of New York City.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the causes of the storm, the way it affected the economy and migration patterns \u2014 and the environmental efforts that finally brought the Dust Bowl era to an end.

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