{"id":19435,"date":"2025-04-15T14:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sandstorm-turns-iraqs-skies-orange-and-sends-thousands-to-hospitals\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:04:47","slug":"sandstorm-turns-iraqs-skies-orange-and-sends-thousands-to-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sandstorm-turns-iraqs-skies-orange-and-sends-thousands-to-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandstorm Turns Iraq\u2019s Skies Orange and Sends Thousands to Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A severe sandstorm has swept across central and southern Iraq over the last two days, turning the sky a strange orange, reducing visibility in some places to less than a half mile and sending several thousand people to emergency rooms with respiratory problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two airports suspended flights because of poor visibility, and the usually crowded highways of Basra, the largest city in the country\u2019s south, were nearly empty as high winds whipped through the palm trees and aboveground electrical lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The spokesman for Iraq\u2019s meteorology department, Amir al-Jabri, said that the \u201cheavy waves of dust\u201d had blown across the country after originating in eastern Saudi Arabia, a largely desert area, and picking up additional particles in southwestern Iraq, which is similarly arid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Although sandstorms have long been a feature of Iraq\u2019s winter and early spring, climate experts say the storms are becoming more frequent and severe as the country and neighboring Syria experience longer and more frequent droughts and as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/29\/world\/middleeast\/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html\" title=\"\">desertification engulfs larger and larger areas<\/a> of once-fertile land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The storm was the worst so far in Iraq in 2025, but a similarly serious storm paralyzed Baghdad in December, and there were several severe sandstorms in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The United Nations counts Iraq as the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/iraq.un.org\/en\/194355-migration-environment-and-climate-change-iraq\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fifth most vulnerable country<\/a> to some aspects of climate change, including extreme temperatures and the diminishing availability of water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Although the storm abated on Tuesday and temperatures were a bit lower, southern Iraq was experiencing daily highs of more than 100 degrees before the sandstorm obscured the sun, reducing the temperature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the most recent storm, many people donned face masks for protection, especially police officers and emergency workers who were working outside, while others wrapped cloths around their mouths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sand and dust were so pervasive that they penetrated almost every house and vehicle, coming through the smallest cracks to coat every surface, making it difficult to work on computers and forcing almost all but emergency workers to stay indoors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iraq\u2019s health ministry spokesman, Saif al-Badr, said that emergency rooms across the south had received 3,747 cases of Iraqis suffering respiratory problems as a result of the storm. More than 1,000 of those were recorded in Basra, where the storm was especially severe on Monday, and 451 were in Najaf, a far smaller city, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Also badly affected were residents of Muthanna Province, which shares a long border with Saudi Arabia, he said, adding that most of the thousands who were treated for respiratory problems had been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Basra police department put out a list of storm instructions, including one directed at families: \u201cSince the storm is accompanied by frightening sounds for young children, parents should explain what is happening so that their child can sleep soundly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins 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