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After nearly four centuries of arduous journey, mankind finally completed the construction of the Panama Canal, a great project known as the "bridge of the world", in 1914.
Although in the early 16th century, the Spaniards had already surveyed the excavation site and laid the foundation for the construction of the canal, the road to the construction of this waterway was not smooth, and there were numerous setbacks and failures.
However, it is precisely these difficulties and challenges that make the construction of the Panama Canal even more worthy of respect and admiration.
The Panama Canal, which took 400 years, is known as the "bridge of the world". However, there is a power that can fill it twice in an instant, and this is the "Black Dragon" 89 years ago.
The "Black Dragon", which swept through most of the United States in 72 hours, showed its incredible power, taking away more than 300 million tons of soil, and if all piled up in the Panama Canal, it would fill this "world bridge" twice.
So, what is this "black dragon"? Why is it so powerful? Let's explore its mysteries together.
Residents of the Plains of the American Southwest fell asleep on an ordinary night in May 1934 when they were suddenly awakened by the sound of a strong wind outside their windows. At first, no one thought it was anything special, after all, it was common for winds to blow in plains.
However, no one could have imagined that this ordinary night would turn into a nightmare. In the early hours of the morning, a mysterious "black dragon" appeared in the sky. Some of the awakened residents saw a fast-moving object in the air, but they couldn't tell what it was due to the darkness.
However, when dawn came, they saw an astonishing sight: an endless "black dragon" in the sky. The dragon, made up of dust, trees, houses and soil, obscures 3.36 million square kilometers of the U.S. sky.
This is the Black Storm in the United States, a shocking natural disaster that has made people more aware of the power of nature.
Cataclysmic, a black storm swept across the Midwest of the United States. The storm stretched 2,400 kilometers from north to south, 1,400 kilometers wide from east to west, and up to 3 kilometers high, and the strong winds made it move quickly, sweeping across the territory of the United States in just 72 hours2 3, and finally disappearing into the Atlantic Ocean.
The disaster has caused great damage in the central and western regions, and the topsoil has been completely scraped away, exposing a sandy layer that is in urgent need of rescue. "
In the aftermath of the storm, a staggering amount of soil was lost in the affected areas of the United States, with a total weight of more than 300 million tons, which is equivalent to hollowing out the Panama Canal twice. This loss of soil has left the Midwest completely barren, and the topsoil layer of the soil has been replaced by a sandy layer, making the soil extremely arid and unable to grow crops.
Such environmental changes have forced local farmers to relocate, including more than 250,000 farmers who have left the area. In addition, tens of millions of Americans were affected by the movement of the "Storm Black Dragon".
In the aftermath of the disaster, U.S. farmers were forced to relocate, and they found the root cause of the disaster: overexploitation of agriculture in the Midwest, leaving the soil too soft. When the storm comes, the soil is swept into the air and eventually washed into the Atlantic.