Wiki Featured - Stories from Wikipedia's Daily Featured Articles

Black Sunday: When the Plains Turned Dark


Listen Later

Experience the terrifying reality of April 14th, 1935, when a monstrous dust storm, part of the infamous Dust Bowl, descended upon the American prairies, displacing an estimated 300,000 tons of topsoil and wreaking havoc across Oklahoma and Texas. Discover the sheer scale of this environmental catastrophe, one of the worst dust storms in American history, and the immense economic and agricultural damage it caused. Don't miss this incredible story ripped from the pages of Wikipedia!

Learn more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2025-04-14

Content licensed under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Wiki Featured - Stories from Wikipedia's Daily Featured ArticlesBy WikiFeatured.com