(14 Dec 2024)
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Baghdad, Iraq - 14 December 2024
1. Sand storm blowing
2. Various of cars driving through sandstorm with headlights on
3. Various driving shots showing poor visibility
4. Various of view from residential compound
5. Various of poor visibility on roads
6. Iraqi flag flying
++NIGHT SHOTS++
7. Various of cars driving in poor visibility
8. Various of open shops during sand storm
STORYLINE:
A fierce sandstorm swept into the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday.
Visibility was reduced to only a few meters in some areas and most of those braving the streets wore surgical masks or protected their faces with scarfs.
Some shopkeepers in the city immediately closed their doors.
Iraq is prone to seasonal sandstorms, but experts and officials are raising alarm over their frequency in recent years, which they say is exacerbated by record-low rainfall, desertification and climate change.
AP video shot by Ali Jabar
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