A person walks in a avenue throughout a mud storm in Iraq’s metropolis of Nasiriyah within the southern Dhi Qar province.
A mud storm that has swept by way of a lot of Iraq has left dozens of individuals in hospital with respiratory issues, a well being ministry spokesman mentioned Saturday.
The storm erupted within the north of the nation on Thursday, prompting the cancellation of flights serving Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan area.
As the storm swept south, it shrouded Baghdad and cities as far south as Nasiriyah in a ghostly orange.
In the capital, buildings and autos have been lined in ochre-coloured mud, AFP journalists reported.
The storm has precipitated “dozens of hospitalisations throughout Iraq because of respiratory issues”, well being ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr advised AFP.
The director of Iraq’s meteorological workplace, Amer al-Jabri, mentioned that whereas mud storms weren’t unusual in Iraq, they’re turning into extra frequent “because of drought, desertification and declining rainfall”.
Iraq is especially weak to local weather change, having already witnessed report low rainfall and excessive temperatures lately.
Experts have mentioned these components threaten social and financial catastrophe within the war-scarred nation.
In November, the World Bank warned that Iraq may endure a 20 % drop in water assets by 2050 because of local weather change.
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