Great black cloud of dust began blotting out the sun.
The dust storm picked up the barren fields and carried them into the storm.
In some places, the dust drifted like snow, darkening the sky for days, covering even well-sealed homes with a thick layer of dust on everything.
It blew off fields, damage crops, and caused a drought. Farmers had a difficult time planting and growing crops.
This agricultural devastation helped to lengthen the Great Depression, whose effects were felt worldwide.
Migrant workers and tenant farmers began to travel to California, for a job to work in a farmland and live a better life; by planting and harvesting other