Three Most Severe Droughts in Recorded History

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s in the Great Plains, prolonged droughts in the Sahel region, and severe multi-year droughts in California are among the most impactful historical drought events.

Sources

• The Dust Bowl | National Drought Mitigation Center
• Dust Bowl - Wikipedia
• Research shows how Dust Bowl-type drought causes unprecedented productivity loss - Colorado State University
• The Dust Bowl | Great Depression and World War II, 1929 to 1945 | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress
• Dust storms in the 1930s Dust Bowl - Columbia University
• Economic Impacts of the 2020-2022 Drought to California Agriculture

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