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Approximately how much dirt was displaced during the Dust Storm?

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On April 14, 1935, a strong wind displaced approximately 300 million tons of soil from the Great Plains hitting the Oklahoma Panhandle and Northwestern Oklahoma first before moving south throughout the day.

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