1. In “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck captures the suffocating dust storms and drought that plagued the Great Plains during the 1930s. “All day the dust sifted down from the sky, and the next ...

A "wall of dust" is heading toward Florida and could hang around until the weekend. Smoke from Canadian wildfires dipped as far south as North Florida. The same conditions bringing the Saharan dust ...

Many Imperial Valley residents have grown weary of repeated public health studies around the Salton Sea. One group of scientists is trying to focus on solutions instead. Amato Evan was in the desert ...

Dust carried across the Atlantic is one of the great wonders of the weather world. This is the most significant cloud so far this year. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather team ...