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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

MONSTER DUST STORM ENGULFS THE MIDDLE EAST - ARABS BLAME ISRAEL - Seriously, why dust storms are sweeping the world and getting worse.

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The storm has killed eight people and caused hundreds to be hospitalised with breathing problems
  • Large parts of Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Cyprus were shrouded in a thick cloud of dust from the sandstorm
  • Eight people were killed, including six in Syria, and hundreds have been hospitalised for respiratory problems
  • In Syria, government warplanes and helicopters carried out fewer strikes as a result on the reduced visibility 
    Limited visibility: The sandstorm engulfed Lebanon's capital city, Beirut, as it swept across the Middle East today, killing eight people

    • Beirut, Lebanon
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    Dust: Damaged buildings are pictured during a sandstorm in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria on Tuesday September 8
    Damascus, Syria

    People cross a street as a sandstorm shrouds Damascus, Syria. Government warplanes and helicopters carried out fewer strikes as a result of the reduced visibility
    Damascus, Syria

    WHY DUST STORM CHAOS
    IS SET TO GET EVEN WORSE 
     
     
    Dr Emilio Cuevas-Agulló, director of the Izana Atmospheric Research Center in Tenerife, Spain, told MailOnline that while it was difficult to say if there have been an increase in dust storms generally, population and urban growth in desert regions means an increased risk of people being affected by them.
     
    He said: ‘We are more aware of the problem since we have much better monitoring, mainly from satellites, and forecast systems, in the last five to 10 years, and because the population growth and corresponding infrastructures increase in desert and arid regions, in recent decades, increasing vulnerability to the same dust episodes.’
     
    He added: ‘Our longest dust records over the North Atlantic, downwind from the Sahara desert, which started in late 1970s show a great inter-annual variability and decadal changes, but we don't really see positive trends.’
     
    Pedestrians walk near the Tower of David in Jerusalem's Old City during a monster sandstorm on Tuesday September 8
    Near the Tower of David in Israel's capital, Jerusalem

     
    A view of the Roman ruins in city of Baalbeck in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon which can barely be seen after the sandstorm
    Roman ruins of Balbeck, Lebanon

    The Israeli Environment Ministry warned of the health repercussions of the storm, stretching from northern Israel, Galilee, to central areas, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv 
    Jerusalem, Israel


    A Lebanese jogger runs despite the dust on the Corniche seaside promenade in downtown Beirut as a sandstorm blows over the Lebanese capital
    Lebanon

    Satellite images show that the sandstorm came from northern Iraq in the direction of central and northern Lebanon, north and east Syria, and southern Turkey
    Lebanon beach

    A sandstorm, which has engulfed part of the Middle East - killing at least eight people - shrouds the Gaza strip on Tuesday September 8
    Gaza Strip
    Dust: Damaged buildings are pictured during a sandstorm in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria on Tuesday September 8
    Douma neighborhood, Damascus, Syria


    Sources
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3226577/Sandstorm-engulfs-Middle-East-killing-eight-people-causing-hundreds-hospitalised-respiratory-problems.html

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200462


    RELATED
     
    Mystery of the dust storms sweeping the world: Experts baffled by spate of 'haboobs' which have brought travel chaos and turned day into night in cities thousands of miles from deserts 

    China's Meteorlogical Centre issued a blue alert as the sandstorms swept across the north of the country
    China

    In December a small town in Queensland, Australia, experienced a dust storm (pictured) that residents said was unprecedented in magnitude 
    Queenland, Australia

    A raging sand storm sweeps in on the city of Golmud in north west China, where 200,000 people live
    Goldmud, NW China
    Golmud was left covered in a remarkable red haze when the sand cloud blew across the city
    Golmud, China
     
     

    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3043849/Mystery-surrounds-spate-huge-dust-storms-world-year-grounded-flights-blotted-sun.html


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