By Rich McKay

(Reuters). -Less then a week after a swarm tornadoes decimated Kentucky and four other states in Kentucky, a freakish windstorm brought “Dust Bowl”, conditions and gusts up to 100 mph (161 kph), meteorologists reported on Wednesday.

Unseasonably warm temperatures in Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota caused the low pressure wind system to cause power outages across four states in America, including Colorado, where more than 100,000 people and businesses were affected by it by Wednesday night.

In an advisory, National Weather Service stated that the storm system could bring down snowstorms in the region.

Marc Chenard is a National Weather Service forecaster at the Weather Prediction Center, College Park, Maryland. He stated that there have been “historic ‘Dust Bowl” conditions in New Mexico and Colorado.

Chenard declared that Chenard called it “highly unusual”. He stated, “It is shifting east and it is uncommon for such large an area. It will be through the Great Lakes region, Michigan, and Canada by Thursday morning.”

Dust Bowl is a term that refers to the period between 1930s and 1940s, when extreme droughts and degrading agricultural practices caused havoc on the ecology of some parts of the U.S. prairies. It was during this time that huge amounts of topsoil loosened regularly covered the area, causing an economic crisis and mass migration to California.

This storm comes after one of the most deadly tornadoes that have ever struck America. At least 74 people died in Kentucky, and fourteen others were injured in the storm that swept through the Great Plains of the South late Friday and Saturday.

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden visited some of the most devastated areas.

In its forecast, the National Weather Service stated that high winds caused by the current system will pick up on Wednesday night and travel across the Upper Midwest to Canada by Thursday.

The weather service stated that “Blowing dust will likely be seen throughout the area” and warned of power outages. Extremely critical fire weather also exists in this evening, from the north Texas Panhandle to northern-central Kansas.

According to the NWS Storm Prediction Center, the area was at “moderate risk,” and blowing snow may pose a danger for motorists in Minnesota and the Dakotas.