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Thousands hospitalised as latest severe sandstorm sweeps across Iraq

AFP, 06 May 2022
Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms, killing one person and sending more than 5,000 to hospital with respiratory ailments. Iraq was hammered by a series of such storms in April, grounding flights and leaving dozens hospitalised with respiratory problems.

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