IMPORTANT NOTICE | A severe dust storm with a mural character is advancing towards Hafr Al-Batin and a warning of the multiple dangers accompanying it

2022-05-16 2022-05-16T11:11:20Z
سنان خلف
سنان خلف
محرر أخبار جوية- قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

Arab Weather - Sinan Khalaf - The weather forecast staff in the "Arab Regional Weather Center" monitors the strong dust storm with a strong impact, which is now stationed according to satellites inside Iraqi territory and on its borders with Kuwait, and extends to the northern borders of the Hafr Al-Batin region, causing a complete lack of range Horizontal vision.

 

Satellite images indicate that the dust storm is gradually advancing towards the city of Hafr Al-Batin, and is expected to affect it directly, in the form of a wall dust storm that will cause a lack of horizontal visibility during the coming hours, which will negatively affect the movement of vehicles on the roads and possibly air navigation.

 

Follow the dust wave movement now from here

 

 

This dust storm is associated with many dangers that need to be alerted, namely:

  • Disruption or confusion of land navigation traffic on the main and secondary road networks due to the significant decrease in horizontal visibility
  • Risks of complications in patients with the respiratory system and eyes due to the high concentration of dust in the atmosphere
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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