What were the effects of ‘Dust Bowls’ ?

(i) Cattle were suffocated to death as their lungs choked with dust and
mud.
(ii) Sand buried fences, covered fields and coated the surfaces of rivers till
the fish died.
(iii) Dead bodies of birds and animals were seen strewn all over the landscape.
(iv) Machines like tractors and harvesters were clogged with dust and
damaged beyond repair.