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Ninth sandstorm in less than two months shuts down much of Iraq | Iraq | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/24/ninth-sandstorm-in-less-than-two-months-shuts-down-much-of-iraqIraq is ranked as one of the world’s five most vulnerable nations to climate change and desertification.
The environment ministry has warned that over the next two decades Iraq could endure an average of 272 days of sandstorms a year, rising to above 300 by 2050.
Iraq’s previous two sandstorms sent nearly 10,000 people to hospital with respiratory problems and killed one person.