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What lead up to the dust bowl and its huge dust storms?

drought killed off plant life, leaving soil uncovered
a volcanic eruption blew ash into air
excessive surface irrigation caused water erosion
earthquakes caused large rocks to crumbled

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Answer:

drought killed off plant life, leaving soil uncovered

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User Nrc
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i wanna say the first answer
- drought killed off plant life, leaving soil uncovered.
dust storms can't happen unless there is a huge amount of land that is uncovered and has a lot of soil and dirt and dust.
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