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Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 people with respiratory problems: Health officials (phys.org)

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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 officials said.

Authorities temporarily shut the airports in the southern provinces of Najaf and Basra as the sandstorm—the biggest this year—obscured visibility in an eerie orange cloud.

Iraq, which endures blistering summer heat and regular sandstorms, is one of the five countries most impacted by some effects of climate change, says the United Nations.

Hospitals in Muthanna province in southern Iraq received at least "700 cases of suffocation," local health official Mazen al-Egeili said.

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