Mideast sandstorms snarl traffic, close schools, harm health

Riyadh (AFP) May 17, 2022

Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands - a phenomenon experts say could worsen as climate change warps regional weather patterns. Saudi Arabia on Tuesday became the latest country blanketed with dust that slowed traffic and made iconic towers in the capital difficult to see from more than a few hundred metres (yards) away. Emer