A sandstorm of unimaginable size has struck Iraq, killing one person and sending more than 5,000 people to hospital.
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The Iraqi capital, Baghdad, is engulfed in a sandstorm.
Sandstorms swept six of Iraq's 18 provinces, particularly in central Baghdad and Najaf, where severe sandstorms engulfed cities and reported multiple respiratory illnesses.
Visibility in these areas has fallen to less than 500 meters, and flight operations have been disrupted for some time.
Some states have even ordered residents to refrain from going out.
This phenomenon is known to be related to a sharp drop in precipitation and deforestation due to climate change.
Iraq has suffered from the worst drought in the past decade and extreme high temperatures.
Netizens responded, "Even the fine dust is painful... It's a huge scale. I'll pray for the damage to stop.", "Every day is unusual weather. I'm afraid of what the earth will look like 100 years from now."