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The term "Dust Bowl" initially described a series of dust storms that hit the prairies of Canada and the United States during the 1930s. [4] It now describes the area in the United States most affected by the storms, including western Kansas, eastern Colorado, northeastern New Mexico, and the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. [5]
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High winds and blowing dust were reported throughout central California on November 29, 1991, both in the San Joaquin Valley and the Salinas Valley.A weather station at Naval Air Station Lemoore, the closest one to the crash site which tracked wind and visibility statistics, measured wind gusts up to 21.6 metres per second (48 mph; 78 km/h) and visibility as low as 0.5 kilometers (0.31 mi).
Arthur Rothstein's Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm, a Resettlement Administration photograph taken in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, in April 1936. The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
These immense dust storms—given names such as "Black Blizzards" and "Black Rollers"—often reduced visibility to a few feet (around a meter). The Dust Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km 2 ), centered on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and adjacent parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.
Dust storms are a major health hazard. Drought and wind contribute to the emergence of dust storms, as do poor farming and grazing practices by exposing the dust and sand to the wind. Wildfires can lead to dust storms as well. [5] One poor farming practice which contributes to dust storms is dryland farming.
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A subsequent storm 2 days later brought in another round of hailstorm with high winds causing additional damage to the city. The cost of these events reached $552 million. [31] 12 April 2016 San Antonio, Texas, US A storm producing hail up to the size of grapefruits pummeled the city causing extensive damage to cars, homes, windows, and roofs.