Visibility was reduced to only a few meters in the provinces of Najaf and Diwaniyah. Iraq is prone to seasonal sandstorms, but experts and officials have raised alarm over their frequency in recent years, which they say is exacerbated by record-low rainfall, desertification and climate change.
Heavy sandstorm covers southern Iraq
Visibility was reduced to only a few meters in the provinces of Najaf and Diwaniyah. Iraq is prone to seasonal sandstorms, but experts and officials have raised alarm over their frequency in recent years, which they say is exacerbated by record-low rainfall, desertification and climate change.