Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 with breathing problems

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Alfie Tobutt

BBC World Service

Getty Images During a sandstorm in Najaf, Iraq on 14 April 2024, a man dressed in a black shirt with red and white stripes walks hand in hand with a woman dressed in a black burka. They are crossing a busy road with cars as thick, orange cloud blankets the air and lights from street lamps shimmer around them. — The sandstorm blanketed parts of southern Iraq in an orange haze

More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the…

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