{"id":442222,"date":"2022-05-05T11:36:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T08:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/iraq-sandstorm-sends-more-than-1000-to-hospital\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T11:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T08:36:56","slug":"iraq-sandstorm-sends-more-than-1000-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/iraq-sandstorm-sends-more-than-1000-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"#Iraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4128beae059\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4128beae059\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/iraq-sandstorm-sends-more-than-1000-to-hospital\/#%E2%80%9CIraq_sandstorm_sends_more_than_1000_to_hospital%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Iraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIraq_sandstorm_sends_more_than_1000_to_hospital%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Iraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/iraq-is-yet-again-cove.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/iraq-is-yet-again-cove.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/iraq-is-yet-again-cove.jpg\" alt=\"Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increa\" title=\"Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of dust storms that have become increasingly common.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than 1,000 Iraqis were rushed to hospital with respiratory ailments on Thursday due to a sandstorm, the seventh to hit the country in the past month, state <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                    Residents of six of Iraq&#8217;s 18 provinces, including Baghdad and the vast western region of Al-Anbar, awoke once again to a thick cloud of dust blanketing the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Al-Anbar and Kirkuk provinces, north of the capital, urged people to stay indoors, said the official INA <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals in Al-Anbar province had received more than 700 patients with breathing difficulties, said Anas Qais, a health official cited by INA.<\/p>\n<p>The central province of Salaheddin reported more than 300 cases, while the central province of Diwaniya and the province of Najaf, south of Baghdad, each recorded about 100 cases, the news agency added. <\/p>\n<p>Iraq is particularly vulnerable to climate change, having already witnessed record low rainfall and high temperatures in the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have said these factors threaten to bring social and economic disaster in the war-scarred country.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the World Bank warned Iraq could suffer a 20-percent drop in water resources by 2050 due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In early April, a government official warned Iraq could face &#8220;272 days of dust&#8221; a year in coming decades.<\/p>\n<p>The environment ministry said the weather phenomenon could be addressed by &#8220;increasing vegetation cover and creating forests that act as windbreaks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Dozens hospitalised as Iraq gripped by dust storm\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Iraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital (2022, May  5)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  5 May 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-05-iraq-sandstorm-hospital.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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