00:00A sandstorm hit part of Iraq's Basra and Najaf on Tuesday night, causing poor visibility.
00:08Police were deployed to manage the situation as cars navigated through thick fog.
00:13The Iraqi General Authority for Meteorology and Seismology issued a warning of unstable weather and wall-like dust storms across southern Iraq.
00:23The Basra Health Directorate reported 388 cases of suffocation treated at hospitals,
00:29though no serious injuries were recorded.
00:32Iraq, ranked by the UN as the fifth most climate-vulnerable country,
00:37continues to grapple with worsening droughts and extreme heat that are rendering swathes of land uninhabitable.
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