Orange skies and chaos: Massive dust storm halts life across eastern Iraq

In the evening of Tuesday, the Kirkuk Health Service announced that about 50 cases of suffocation had been recorded as a result of the dust storm in and out of the province. The health spokesman for Kirkuk, Saman Yabeh, told the Shafaq News Agency that "the dust storm that struck Kirkuk and its surroundings had caused about 50 cases of suffocation, distributed between city centre hospitals and county and district hospitals." It was explained tha…

Orange skies and chaos: Massive dust storm halts life across eastern Iraq

Storm drastically reduced visibility, prompted urgent travel advisories across the region

Dust Storm Triggers Orange Alert Across 13 Iranian Provinces; Schools And Offices Shut Down - Iran Front Page

Iran has issued an orange weather alert for 13 provinces as a thick dust storm sweeping in from Iraq caused dangerously poor air quality and severely reduced visibility in western and northwestern regions.

A sandstorm hit the western Iraqi city of Anbar, sending dozens of people to hospital complaining of shortness of breath.