Question

What was most unusual about the western storms that that ravaged the plains during the Great Depression?

Answer 1

Dust Bowl. Severe droughts ravaged the Great Plains in the early 1930s, stirring up dust storms and eroding land that had been improperly plowed and over-farmed in the previous decades. At the same time, Depression-era prices fell drastically for crops that had been in high demand during World War I.