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Black Sunday dust storm devastates the Great Plains

On April 14, 1935 a massive dust storm known as 'Black Sunday' swept across the Southern Plains, darkening skies and displacing thousands of people and livestock across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and surrounding states.

Black Sunday dust storm devastates the Great Plains

The storm underscored the severity of the Dust Bowl crisis, increased public pressure for federal relief and conservation measures, and helped propel New Deal soil-conservation and resettlement policies.

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