Citizens await for it to be gone, 10 heavy dust storms since January

Iraqi Meteorological Organization announced on Monday that 10 dust storms have been recorded since last January, while explaining the main reasons for their continuation.

"The authority has recorded 10 storms since January 25th as a result of weather fluctuations," said the director of the Meteorological Authority's media, Amer Al-Jabri, to Al-Iraqiya News TV, followed by the Iraqi News Agency ‐ INA.

He added, "In April and May, pressure systems begin to recur, and this year a new depression entered from North Africa and the big desert, and it affected two levels: high temperatures and rising dust."

"The reason for the recurrence of dust waves is the exploitation of air depressions, the fragility of the soil in Iraq, and strategic measures should be taken," he said, praising the Green Belt project implemented by the Husseiniya and Abbasid shrines in Karbala to combat desertification.