A severe sandstorm which enveloped central Iraq, including Baghdad, is the first sandstorm to strike the country this year. Visibility was drastically reduced as a film of dust covered cars and houses, and led to respiratory problems and hundreds of cases of hospitalisation.
In 2022 Iraq experienced an unprecedented number of sandstorms, which was attributed to desertification. The UN places Iraq among the five countries in the world most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
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