This english colony earned the nickname "the lost colony" after all of its inhabitants disappeared between 1585 and 1587.

The correct answer is - Roanoke Colony.

The Roanoke Colony, that has been set on the Roanoke Island near North Carolina, bears the nickname of ''The Lost Colony''. This was the first settlement of the British Empire in the New World, but it was a short lasting one, because of the lack of food and the bad relations with the local population. Most of the people either returned in England, or died, so the colony had lost all of its inhabitants before the second expedition came, thus it got the nickname '' The Lost Colony''.

the causes of the dust bowls were severe droughts,   lands became dry and hard, temperature was higher than usual, hot and dry conditions killed crops, high winds. because of those factors, the winds kicked up dry soil and created clouds of dust.