DUST AND SNOW STORMS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 362, 17 February 1937, Page 6

DUST AND SNOW STORMS

U.S.A. DISASTERS MORE TROUBLES. Wheat Blowing Out In Some Districts. Press Association—Copyright. New York, February 15. Reducing visibility to 100 feet in the most affected area, winds caught up the loose top soil in the long, dry fields’ of Oklahoma and the Panhandle to-day, and motorists and house: wives were forced to use lights at noonday, says a message from Guymon, Oklahoma. Farmers' said the wheat must have immediate rain to survive. Wheat is blowing out in several districts. The winds carried huge black clouds of dust and were so strong that they, broke twenty power lines and left the area near Sand Springs without lights. 'Roosters crowed in the afternoon at Guymon, but the dust .lifted momentarily and permTlted a glimpse of the sun. Meanwhile blizzards and snow drifts 15 feet deep plagued Vermont, Minnesota and Arizona. Many highways Were impassable and aid was rushed to scores who were reported ■to be marooned in various outlying districts. A hiige motorised snow plough took ten hours to advance seven miles in Arizona.

Three dbaths were reported at Minnesoesota to-day.