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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Giorgio Cafiero

‘Vicious cycle’: Storms intensify in the Gulf as climate changes

A man walks on a bridge during a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq [Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters]

In recent weeks, many in the Gulf have been looking up to an apocalyptic orange sky with a flurry of sand and dust storms (SDSs) battering the sub-region.

Construction of more dams, years of warfare, mismanagement of water, extreme dryness, desertification, and other factors all contribute to this nightmarish phenomenon.

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