A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria, and Iran, sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights in some places. It was the latest in a series of unprecedented nearly back-to-back sandstorms this year that have bewildered residents and raised alarm among experts and officials, who blame climate change and … Read more
A sandstorm engulfed Saudi Arabia’s capital and other desert kingdoms on Tuesday, reducing visibility and slowing traffic. A thick grey haze obscured iconic Riyadh buildings such as the Kingdom Centre from more than a few hundred metres (yards), despite no announced flight delays or cancellations. The kingdom’s meteorology centre forecast “surface dusty winds” in the … Read more
Another sandstorm hit Iraq on Monday, causing the closure of airports, schools, universities, and government offices across the country, according to officials. Iraq has been pounded by soil degradation, extreme droughts, and low rainfall linked to climate change, and this is the ninth duststorm to slam the country since mid-April. The most recent one, earlier … Read more
A sandstorm killed one person in Iraq on Thursday, while more than 5,000 people were treated in hospitals for respiratory illnesses, the health ministry reported. In a statement, health ministry spokesperson Seif al-Badr said that “one death has been recorded in Baghdad” and that hospitals “had received no less than 5,000 cases so far,” … Read more
More than 1,000 Iraqis were brought to hospitals with respiratory illnesses on Thursday as a result of a sandstorm, the country’s eighth in less than a month, according to official media. Residents in six of Iraq’s 18 provinces were awakened to a heavy cloud of dust blanketing the sky, including Baghdad and the huge western … Read more
The weather in Karachi is fair and sunny today, according to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). The minimum temperature recorded today in Karachi was 16.5 Degrees Celsius and can remain from 16 to 19 Degrees Celsius till the next two days. On the other hand, the maximum temperature can range from 30 to 32 degrees Celsius … Read more
Saudi health chiefs issued an alert today amid freak weather conditions in the Kingdom’s western region. A sandstorm engulfed Jeddah, while 70km away in Makkah there was torrential rain and hail. Meteorology chiefs had initially predicted a thunderstorm in Jeddah, but at 6.15 pm they warned that sand and dust would significantly reduce visibility. The … Read more
