A major sandstorm in Iraq has sent more than 1,000 people to hospital with respiratory problems.
On Thursday, May 5, residents of six Iraqi provinces, including Baghdad, were met by a massive sandstorm that blanketed the skies.
“Once again, the sandstorm is hitting central and southern Iraq. It is a clear sign of climate change that has been affected by the transfer of many green areas to residential neighborhoods. We need to force new laws to protect green lands and secure our children’s future. #Climate crisis #Sandstorm,” read a tweet posted alongside images of the effects of the sandstorm currently sweeping through Iraq.
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The sandstorm is hitting central and southern Iraq again. It is a clear sign of climate change that has been affected by the transfer of many green areas to residential neighborhoods. We need to force new laws to protect green lands and secure our children’s future. #Climate crisis #Sandstorm pic.twitter.com/G0tNVHtyyi
– Ula Merie: (لا (@UlaMerie) May 5, 2022
Credit: Twitter @UlaMerie
Authorities in Kirkuk and Al-Anbar provinces have urged people to stay indoors, according to the INA news agency.
Anbar Health media director Anas Qais Al-Ani stated: “Health centers in the city of Ramadi have started to open their doors from the beginning of the dust storm until now.” He adding: “Calls have been sent to citizens through mosques and social networking sites, inviting them to go for treatment for people with suffocation cases.”
The Najaf Health Department has reportedly announced “more than 100 cases of suffocation in the province as a result of the dust storm.” according to the INA.
This particular sandstorm is the accumulation of days of dust storms that have caused suffocation and blindness in most Iraqi provinces.
More than 700 patients in hospitals in Al-Anbar province have suffered from breathing difficulties following the major sandstorm in Iraq, according to health official Anas Qais.
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