In 2022, many dust storms have hit Iraq.^[1] One person has died and 5,000 people have been admitted to hospital.^[2] Flights from Baghdad and Najaf were grounded.^[3][4]

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Orange skies and reduced visibility has been increasingly common in the country.^[5] Iraq's meteorological office says that the weather phenomenon is expected to become increasingly common "due to drought, desertification and declining rainfall".^[6] 23 May 2022, another sandstorm affected parts of Iraq, Syria and Iran.^[7]