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14/04/1935 Black Sunday storm

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Weather History: 1935 Black Sunday Dust Storm

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Black Sunday - Decades TV Network

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History Brief: the Dust Bowl

Black Sunday refers to a particularly severe dust storm that occurred as part of the Dust Bowl. It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and it caused immense economic and agricultural damage. It is estimated to have displaced 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairie area in the US.