The Dust Bowl refers both to a region of the Great Plains and to a period of severe drought in the United States during the 1930s. It was the greatest human-made ecological disaster in American history, marked by catastrophic dust storms, widespread agricultural collapse, and economic devastation. Twenty-seven states were affected, with six particularly hard-hit. The crisis intensified the hardships of the Great Depression, destroyed farms and livelihoods, and forced millions of people to migrate in search of work and better living conditions.
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