Update at 12:10 pm | A strong dust wave hits the city of Basra, and visibility drops to 600 meters

Written By هشام جمال on 2022/11/02

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab Weather -</strong> Meteorological monitoring systems and satellite images in the Arab Regional Weather Center monitor the impact of the city of Basra in southern Iraq with a strong dust wave that leads to a decrease in the horizontal visibility to about 600 meters in the meantime, amid expectations that the coming hours will extend towards additional parts of the far south of the country, where the dusty weather continues next hours</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Arab Weather website advises to close the windows and take the necessary precautions while walking on the roads in light of the prevailing weather conditions now</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The reason behind the formation of this dust wave is due to the gusts of active winds, as a result of the formation of thunder clouds over the surrounding areas.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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