A sandstorm hit part of Iraq's Basra and Najaf on Tuesday (April 29), causing poor visibility.
The Basra Health Directorate reported 388 cases of suffocation treated at hospitals, though no serious injuries were recorded.
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00:00A sandstorm hit part of Iraq's Basra and Najaf on Tuesday night, causing poor visibility.
00:08Police were deployed to manage the situation as cars navigated through thick fog.
00:13The Iraqi General Authority for Meteorology and Seismology issued a warning of unstable weather and wall-like dust storms across southern Iraq.
00:23The Basra Health Directorate reported 388 cases of suffocation treated at hospitals,
00:29though no serious injuries were recorded.
00:32Iraq, ranked by the UN as the fifth most climate-vulnerable country,
00:37continues to grapple with worsening droughts and extreme heat that are rendering swathes of land uninhabitable.