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Watch The Dust Bowl Preview on PBS. See more from The Dust Bowl. The new film from America's most beloved documentary filmmaker premieres on TV this weekend. Ken Burns' The Dust Bowl debuts Nov. 18 and 19 on PBS. The two-part, four-hour documentary looks at the devastating drought of the 1930s and its effects on the Great Plains and the rest of the nation. From PBS.org: THE DUST BOWL chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the "Great Plow-Up," followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews with twenty-six survivors of those hard times, combined with ...
Aug. 1, 2012 Tornado damage in Henryville, Ind., after a tornado swept through the small community on March 2, 2012. There have been fewer tornadoes this year than most. (Michael Raphael/FEMA) There were only 24 tornadoes throughout the United States last month, according to preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, by far the fewest for a July since records began in the 1950s. This shatters the record low of 42 tornadoes set in July 1960. Related on Our Amazing Planet: Storm Chasing Scientists Why so few twisters? "The one-word answer is drought," said Bob Henson, a meteorologist and science writer for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in ...
The United States has been suffering through the worst drought since the 1950s. How bad has it been? Click through to see images from across the nation. Here, grain bins are silhouetted against approaching storm clouds that contain little water July 26 in Pleasant Plains, Ill. ...
Drought and heat-stricken corn is seen on an Illinois farm on Wednesday. (AP) Scorching temperatures throughout the month of June and drier-than-average conditions have led to more than 1,000 U.S. counties being labeled natural-disaster areas, according to officials. A recent report from NOAA indicates that nearly 56 percent of the contiguous U.S. was experiencing a severe drought, particularly in the West, Central Plains and Ohio Valley. The arid conditions wreaked havoc on farmers' crops as pasture conditions deteriorated, and many southern Midwest regions reported the poorest June crop conditions in nearly 25 years. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation is experiencing its ...
