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A dust storm blanketed Iraq on Tuesday, sending people to the hospital with breathing difficulties and leading airports to suspend flights.
It followed a similar storm that blew over the country late last week which left dozens hospitalised with respiratory problems.
The latest weather event cast an orange hue over the capital Baghdad, where it severely restricted visibility and coated buildings and cars in the dust.
Journalists said that pedestrians wore disposable masks to avoid inhaling the particles.
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“People have been hospitalised with breathing difficulties, but most cases are minor,” health ministry spokesman, Saif al-Badr, told newsmen.
“Dozens of flights were suspended in Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Najaf during the morning, before flights resumed in the afternoon when conditions improved” airport sources also said.
