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An alarming official warning: The dust storm in Iraq is causing “blood clots”
 

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Today, Monday, the Kirkuk Health Department announced the registration of 138 cases of suffocation in the early hours of the morning due to dust.  

  

 

  

And the department stated in a statement, of which “Nass” received a copy of it (May 16, 2022), that “the wave that hits Iraq is loaded with dust that is extremely harmful to the respiratory system (PM 2.5), and it is mentioned that this substance causes clots as well, as its effect is like the effect of harmful fats that harm the body.” by the vascular wall.  

  

She explained, "We have 138 cases of suffocation until eight o'clock this morning, and the numbers are increasing."  

  

On Monday, the Ministry of Education announced the suspension of official working hours and exams for today, due to the dust storm.  

  

And the ministry said in a statement, "Due to the bad weather, we decided to suspend the official working hours for Monday, May 16, in all schools, and to postpone exams until tomorrow, Tuesday."    

  

Flights have also been suspended at a number of Iraqi airports, due to the weather conditions in the country.  

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The severe dust storm paralyzes life in Iraq..and this is what happened in detail
  
{Local: Al Furat News} The severe dust storm that hits all of Iraq's governorates now has caused a halt or almost paralysis of life.

The storm surprised the Iraqis this morning, despite prior warnings, and caused the suspension and suspension of flights in several Iraqi airports, and the disruption of exams for the Ministries of Education and Higher Education, as well as official working hours in several governorates.

Visibility reached a few meters due to the intensity of the dust storm due to the air rise coming from the Mediterranean Sea.

It also caused the Ministry of Health to enter a state of alarm and emergency to receive cases of suffocation.

Weather experts warned against traveling by road to avoid traffic accidents.

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Health announces a state of alert due to dust storms
  
{Local: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Health announced a state of alert due to the severe educational storm that is hitting the country.

A statement by the ministry stated that the agency {Euphrates News} received a copy of it: “In conjunction with the reports of the weather conditions and the occurrence of dust storms in the capital, Baghdad and most of the provinces, the Minister of Health, Hani Al-Aqabi, directed the health departments in Baghdad and the provinces to take the necessary medical and treatment measures for patients and emergency cases received by health institutions and treat them and conduct a procedure necessary for them in all our health institutions.”

According to the statement, Al-Uqabi stressed, "The sentinel medical and health staff should provide the best services to patients and auditors, and provide them with all facilities, including examinations and other treatments, until they are similar to a full recovery."

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The Ministry of Electricity announces a state of full alert as a result of the dust storm
  
{Local: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Electricity announced, on Monday, a state of full alert for all of its staff as a result of the dust storm.

The media of the Ministry of Electricity stated in a statement that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, that "the Minister of Electricity directed a full alert to all the engineering, technical and craftsmen of the Ministry and the automated effort to confront bad weather conditions and address any emergency that the electrical system goes through." 

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Disruption of official working hours in the House of Representatives and postponement of committee meetings due to the dust storm
  
{Political: Al Furat News} The dust storm has disrupted the official working hours of the House of Representatives and the working hours of parliamentary committees due to the dust storm in the capital, Baghdad, and several provinces.

A parliamentary source told {Euphrates News} that "due to the bad weather, it was decided to suspend working hours in the General Secretariat of the House of Representatives and to postpone the meetings of the parliamentary committees with the first deputy speaker until tomorrow."

He added, "Tomorrow's meetings with the First Deputy will also be postponed to another date to be determined later."

It should be noted that Iraq is witnessing a severe dust storm that has paralyzed and disrupted many aspects of life, including the suspension of official working hours, the postponement of school and university exams, and the suspension of flights.

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The latest developments of the dust storm in Iraq and the continuation of dust waves
  
{Local: Euphrates News} Weather forecaster, Sadiq Attia, said today, Monday, that the current dust storm will gradually reduce its intensity in the cities and center of the country and the middle Euphrates.

Attia said in a post on his Facebook page that "dust waves are still stirring from northwest Iraq, but they are lighter in intensity, and most of them have formed on the border with Syria and are advancing slowly, and they will not be of the same intensity and impact on the capital and the cities of the center, the middle Euphrates, the north and the south as the previous one." 

He added, "Dust will continue with us today and night in all cities, and there is no need to travel, and we are taking the necessary precautions." 

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A heavy sandstorm in Iraq, the latest of what Iraqis say is an unprecedented number to hit the country in recent weeks, closed some state schools and offices and halted flights at Baghdad International Airport on Monday.

Authorities in Baghdad, including the Education Ministry, declared a day off for local government institutions, with the exception of health services. Hundreds of people across the capital and southern cities went to hospitals with breathing difficulties, medical officials said.

Baghdad International Airport said in a statement it was closing its airspace and halting all flights until further notice because of low visibility.

At least one sandstorm a week has hit Iraq in the past few weeks in what Iraqis say is the worst such spate in living memory.

"It's every three or four days now," said taxi driver Ahmed Zaman, 23. "It's clearly a result of climate change and lack of rain, whenever there's wind it just kicks up dust and sand."

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13 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

It's every three or four days now," said taxi driver Ahmed Zaman, 23. "It's clearly a result of climate change and lack of rain

They literally live in a desert. If it did rain more, that would be some climate change. 
Anyway, how horrible! I can’t even imagine living through sandstorms like that. 

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2 minutes ago, Half Crazy Runner said:

They literally live in a desert. If it did rain more, that would be some climate change. 
Anyway, how horrible! I can’t even imagine living through sandstorms like that. 

Yes....funny how the narrative changed from global warming to climate change....those guys are slick....

As you say....very sad for the common people that have to live through it....no matter how used they are to doing so....    CL

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Environment: Baghdad was exposed to the largest global pollution after the recent dust storms
 

Baghdad - people  

The Ministry of Environment admitted that Baghdad was exposed to the largest global pollution, during the dust storm last Monday, while the estimates of a number of experts indicate that the dust over the capital's sky alone, without the rest of Iraq's cities, exceeded tons of dust.  

  

The Director-General of the Department of Radiation Protection in the Ministry, Sabah Hassan Al-Husseini, told the official newspaper, followed by " Nass " , that " Baghdad was exposed to the worst dust pollution in the world last Monday, as we reached very high pollution rates around nine o'clock in the morning , " noting that " the estimates are According to the number of dust particles present in one cubic meter of air, and according to international, American and European standards .  

  

According to Al-Husseini, " most dust storms come from outside Iraq, and what contributed to their increase is drought, desertification, and the lack of vegetation cover neglected for a long time, not to mention the decline in interest in green spaces and belts and the distribution of irrigation networks , " noting that " the issue can be resolved through the cultivation of acorns and barley." ".   

  

The Director of Radiation Protection explained that " the Ministry of Environment has previously proposed, in a technical and scientific way, the establishment of a green belt that can resist storms and not prevent them, with the establishment of water and green spaces, increasing afforestation and stabilizing vegetation cover, " adding that the ministry also proposed " extending water pipes and creating spaces And water lakes that help to moisten the environment, and evaporation, and then clouds and rain, help restore life to drought-affected lands .  

  

Al-Husseini believed that " Iraq has become a victim of the escalation of the capabilities of industrialized countries due to the arrival of climate change to all countries of the world, resulting from the increase of pollutants, and therefore it is necessary to use artificial rain as is universally applied ."  

  

Regarding the reality of water, the environmental official said that Iraq “ does not have the infrastructure to store excess water, modern irrigation networks, or desalination plants that can be used in some areas in the governorates, including the city of Al-Faw for drinking and irrigation purposes, while ignoring the possibility of building a limited nuclear reactor for generation uses. Energy and water desalination .  

  

For his part, agricultural expert Muhammad Jawad Al-Khattab estimated the damage of the storm by saying : " The amount of dust that fell on Baghdad last Monday amounted to about 60 tons ."  

  

The letter called for the necessity of " analyzing the elements and radiation contained in this dust, after obtaining the assistance of the concerned and competent authorities in this matter ."  

 

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1 hour ago, jg1 said:

Lol. I saw blood clots and thought covid vaccine. Sand, an excuse for the vaccine side effects. Lol. Thats all they got.

Really, come on man.

Exactly @jg1 I have a mother in-law and several others with blood clots from the vaccine.

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  • Time: 05/20/2022 10:41:27
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Weather forecast publishes forecasts for dust and dust storms
  
{Local: Al Furat News} The Meteorological and Seismic Monitoring Authority expected an increase in dust in the next two days in the country.

The weather forecast also expected dust storms to occur in all regions of the country next Monday, with a decrease in temperatures.

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Dust begins to rise in Iraq, with expectations of a dust storm
  
{Local: Al Furat News} Dust began to rise in Iraq, with expectations of a dust storm in the middle of next week.

The weather forecaster, Sadiq Attia, said in a post on his Facebook page: "Dust rose at noon on Friday in central and southern Nineveh and Salah al-Din is heading to Kirkuk and Erbil during the next time."
"Also, dust is present in separate areas in the cities of the south and the middle Euphrates now, due to the activity of surface winds, whose intensity increases slightly during the evening and night hours," he added.  
The Bureau of Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring had expected an escalation of dust in the next two days in the country.
It also expected dust storms to occur in all regions of the country next Monday, with a decrease in temperatures.

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 Baghdad: Batoul Al-Hasani 
 
Media Director of the General Authority for Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring, Amer Al-Jabri, told Al-Sabah: The latest updates of the authority indicated that the dust storm will start today, Monday, at dawn and intensify in the early morning, reaching a speed of 40 km in the central regions, including the capital, Baghdad.
He added that the storm will gradually disappear on Tuesday, with dust remaining in the central and northern regions, and will continue until Wednesday in the southern regions, noting that this storm is similar to the storms that preceded it in the weeks. 
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Iraq dust storms continue to bring cities to a standstill

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© AHMED JALILCentral Baghdad is shrouded in heavy dust on Monday. EPA

Millions of Iraqis endured another dust storm day on Monday, the latest in an unrelenting spate that has blanketed the country since April.

The night before, the government declared Monday a public holiday except for the health, security and services departments. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority also decided to suspend all flights until further notice.

Iraq's Meteorological Authority said the country had been hit by an anticyclone coming from the eastern Mediterranean with wind speeds of between 40 and 50 kilometres per hour, lifting dust and sand from the vast expanses of desert in western and north-western parts of the country.

Almost all of Iraq will be hit by the latest storm which could last until Tuesday afternoon and is expected to cross to the Gulf States, it added.

Authorities urged Iraqis to stay indoors as much as they can, to seek treatment for breathing difficulties and put on surgical masks if they need to go out. A hotline has been set up for emergencies.

The storm has left the usually traffic-choked Iraqi streets largely deserted with a thick layer of orange dust settling across the buildings and vehicles. The storm has been more severe in the provinces of Najaf and Karbala, south of Baghdad, turning the skies orange.

Iraq is the fifth most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change, according to the UN. It faces a wide range of challenges made worse by water insecurity, mismanagement and man-made issues such as the illegal razing of agricultural areas to build houses.

Among the devastating consequences of rising temperatures are droughts and desertification.

About 39 per cent of the country is affected by desertification and 54 per cent of its agricultural lands have been degraded mainly by soil salinity caused by reduced water flows in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a declining precipitation rate and sea level increases, the UN says.

Iraq is no stranger to sandstorms, but they have been much more frequent in recent years as the country reels under mounting environmental challenges.

Earlier this month, one person died and more than 5,000 were admitted to hospital suffering from breathing difficulties, according to the Health Ministry.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/middleeast/iraq-dust-storms-continue-to-bring-cities-to-a-standstill/ar-AAXC5v6

 

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Sandstorm forces closure of Iraqi airports, public buildings

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Sandstorm forces closure of Iraqi airports, public buildings

The streets of Iraq’s capital Baghdad were once more largely bereft of traffic on Monday morning, as the latest in a series of sandstorms descended

Baghdad – Iraq closed airports and public buildings on Monday as another sandstorm — the ninth since mid-April — hit the country, authorities said.  

The capital Baghdad was enveloped in a giant dust cloud that left usually traffic-choked streets largely deserted, an AFP correspondent said. 

Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi ordered all work to cease temporarily in public institutions, with the exception of health facilities and security agencies. 

He cited “poor climatic conditions and the arrival of violent sandstorms” in a statement issued by his office. 

Iraq is ranked as one of the five most vulnerable nations to climate change and desertification.  

The environment ministry has warned that over the next two decades, Iraq could endure an average of 272 days of sandstorms per year, rising to above 300 by 2050. 

Air traffic was suspended Monday at international airports in Baghdad, Erbil and Najaf, according to statements issued by each airport. 

The previous two sandstorms killed one person and sent nearly 10,000 people to hospital with respiratory problems. 

The Middle East has always been battered by sandstorms, but they have become more frequent and intense in recent years.

The trend has been associated with rising water scarcity, overuse of river water, more dams, overgrazing and deforestation.

Oil-rich Iraq is known in Arabic as the land of the two rivers, in reference to the Tigris and Euphrates.

Iraq’s environment ministry has said the weather phenomenon could be addressed by increasing vegetation cover and planting trees that act as windbreaks.
 

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/sandstorm-forces-closure-of-iraqi-airports-public-buildings/

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 Baghdad: Abdul Rahman Ibrahim 
 
In conjunction with the preventive measures taken by government institutions regarding dust storms, the military and security units have entered a state of alert to secure the checkpoints and fill the gaps.
These preparations and security preparations prevented the ISIS gangs from implementing the scheme to exploit the weather conditions. Checkpoints in Salah al-Din Governorate were subjected to terrorist attacks due to lack of visibility. However, our security forces responded to the attackers and clashed with them, forcing them to flee.
In Diyala, too, the dust storm hit most of the province's areas and there was no visibility, which prompted the Popular Mobilization Command to mobilize in all its combat brigades.
In the meantime, the Federal Police managed to arrest three terrorists, two of them in the "Hawija" district of Kirkuk, while the third was arrested in the "Al-Dora" area south of Baghdad, and they were duly referred to the competent authorities to complete the necessary legal and investigative procedures against them.
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 Baghdad: Shatha Al-Janabi
 
The dust storm that hit Baghdad and most of the country's governorates, since Monday morning, halted all aspects of life in the country and paralyzed movement in it, while hospitals recorded thousands of cases of suffocation due to dust.
The wave of dust storms prompted the government to suspend work hours in all its official institutions, and to postpone exams. Markets and shops also witnessed a closure due to lack of visibility, while the Traffic Directorate called on truck and car owners not to move between governorates.
The official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Saif Al-Badr, told Al-Sabah: "The country's hospitals recorded more than 1,000 cases of suffocation, due to dust storms yesterday, Monday, as a result of the continuous wave of dust."  
For his part, the Director of Medical City Emergency, Dr. Rafid Shaker, told "Al-Sabah" that "the emergency prepared all the requirements to receive cases of suffocation, with the deployment of immediate ambulances in places and roads to provide urgent medical services to citizens and transport them to and from hospitals."
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23 hours ago, currenzcraze said:

Sandstorm forces closure of Iraqi airports, public buildings

Not only the closure of iraqi airports, but also the Currency auction's building which is inside the CBI ( is also considered as a public building ) should be closed too temporarily during sandstorm. After sandstorm is done, then hopefully, the currency auction can be opened again with a rate change in the currency exchange.

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1 hour ago, md11fr8dawg said:

The song "wishing and hoping and singing and praying" comes to mind!! just saying.

Not a bad song. Actually, none of the CBI's employees and staffs should take a holiday during sandstorm cause it is dangerous driving a car and they can't see the road pretty clear.

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Dust wave to disappear .. a remarkable rise in temperatures
 

Baghdad - people  

Weather forecasts, on Wednesday, indicate the demise of the dust wave, in return for a noticeable rise in temperatures.  

  

  

The weather forecaster, Nael Al-Ali, said in a clarification that he followed "Nass" (May 25, 2022): "The weather maps indicate that the atmosphere is stable with light suspended dust that increases sometimes during the morning over the areas of Salah al-Din, southern Nineveh and northern Anbar."  

  

"No dust storm is expected in the next ten days," he added.  

  

He explained that "the weather is moderate in the north, hot during the day in the center and south, and the winds are northwesterly in general."  

  

Al-Ali pointed out that "a hot air mass will control at the beginning of next week and gradually, with it, temperatures will rise to a record at the end of the month or the beginning of next month." Stressing that it "may reach very hot record levels."  

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Consultations and a regional meeting between Iraq and five neighboring countries to solve the problem of dust storms
  
{Political: Euphrates} Iraq and five neighboring countries (Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) are discussing ways of cooperation and joint coordination to solve and eliminate the problem of dust and dust storms.

The Iranian news agency reported that Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian called on Tuesday the foreign ministers of Iraq, Syria and Kuwait as part of his intensive consultations with his counterparts in the region to discuss the problem of dust that is sweeping the region.

In these phone calls, the Iranian foreign minister stressed "the sensitivity and immediateness of addressing the problem of dust, which has an external source in different countries, and which led to disruption of the normal life of citizens."

It was agreed between the Iranian Foreign Minister and his counterparts "to form a team of experts from the Environment Organization, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all the relevant agencies in the country to go quickly to Iraq and Syria to research on the ground and exchange views with their counterparts in them to put on their agenda the rapid follow-up on the issue of collective regional cooperation to combat dust and study effective ways." and urgent in this regard.

Since part of the regional cooperation in combating dust is linked to the active participation and cooperation of the Saudi government, it was decided that Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein would discuss the issue with his Saudi counterpart to participate and help his country in solving this problem within the framework of this regional initiative.

It was also decided during these phone conversations to hold a joint regional specialized meeting in this field.

The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister promised to follow up the issue of sending an Iranian technical delegation in this regard.

The Iranian Foreign Minister had earlier telephoned his Turkish counterpart to discuss the issue of the dust problem, as the Turkish Foreign Minister announced his country's readiness to participate and cooperate effectively in these consultations.

The countries of the region are witnessing unprecedented air pollution due to drought and climatic changes, which have caused the disruption of administrations and schools in many areas.

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