Climate experts say such storms are becoming more frequent and severe in the country. This was its worst of the year so far.

A powerful sandstorm swept across southern and central Iraq, forcing airport closures and hospitalising more than 3,700 ...

A powerful sandstorm swept across southern Iraq on April 14, reducing visibility to near zero in provinces like Najaf, ...

More than 1,000 people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq's central and southern ...

Airports in Najaf and Basra temporarily shut as visibility impaired due to the sandstorm deemed to be the biggest this year ...

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A sandstorm in central and southern Iraq sent more than 1,800 people to hospitals with respiratory problems on Monday, health ...

The storm blanketed large swathes of Iraq in a dense orange haze, reducing visibility to less than one kilometre.

Higher pressure is usually associated with sunny weather, lower pressure with stormy weather. The temperature to which the air needs to be cooled for moisture to condense, for example, as dew.