Sandstorm in Iraq kills one, 5,000 people suffer from respiratory illnesses

 

Stress-ridden country at risk of social and economic catastrophe

person was killed and 5,000 others were infected with respiratory illnesses in Iraq on Thursday. 

This is the seventh sandstorm in Iraq in a month. Residents of 18 Iraqi provinces, including Baghdad and the vast western region of Anbar province, once woke up to a cloud of dust in the sky. 

Authorities in the provinces of Anbar and Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad, have urged people to stay indoors. 

Who had difficulty breathing.

More than 300 cases reported in Central Province Salahuddin 

More than 300 cases were reported in the central province of Salahuddin. 

Nearly 100 cases have been reported in each of the central provinces of Diwaniyah and Najaf, south of the capital Baghdad. 

Iraq is particularly vulnerable to climate change. 

The last few years have already seen low rainfall and high temperatures in the country. 

Experts have warned that these factors could lead to social and economic catastrophe in the conflict country. 

In November, the World Bank warned that climate change The changes could lead to a 20 percent reduction in Iraq's water resources by 2050.