National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

d03680de5171c612530f6a7067007721.jpg

FILE - A dust storm approaches Spearman, Texas, in this April 14, 1935, file photo provided by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration from the Historic Nation Weather Service Collection. Due to the drought conditions that have been a constant presence since 2011, some parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado are drier now than they were during the infamous dry spell of the 1930s. (AP Photo/NOAA Historic National Weather Service Collection, File)