3 reasons why the sandstorm was the strongest since the start of the season

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The weather in Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was affected by the strong afternoon and evening hours on Tuesday <strong>by a</strong> strong <strong>dust storm</strong> , it was the strongest and most comprehensive in terms of impact, as it covered large areas of the Kingdom and <strong>worked to significantly reduce the extent of horizontal visibility and reached the level of absence, as was done The suspension of the study due to this sandstorm, and the hospitals were crowded with respiratory patients who had direct complications due to the dust.</strong> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>What are the reasons that made the sandstorm the strongest since the beginning of the season?</strong> </h2><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></h2><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The lack of rain during January and February</strong> </h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The <strong>little or no rainfall</strong> in most of the Kingdom during the months of January and February made the soil dry, loose soil with grains and small and fine atoms that the winds can lift and carry easily and transport from one place to another <strong>in the form of a</strong> large <strong>sandstorm</strong> . </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Lack of vegetation</strong> </h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Lack of vegetation from plants and trees, whether this lack is due to natural causes due to the lack of rain and drought or causes caused by neglect and human sabotage is a major reason for the formation of this sandstorm that affected the Kingdom, as the vegetation plays an important role in the process of stabilizing the soil and preventing sand from Flying with wind gusts, and trees by their nature act as natural windbreaks and dust waves.</strong> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Low center and depth</strong> </h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The depression center and its depth played a major role in making the sandstorm that affected large areas of the kingdom the strongest since the beginning of the season, where the depression centered on Iraqi lands, and its depth reached 1001 millibars, in conjunction with the presence of an elevated air altitude not far above Egypt, working on the convergence of air pressure lines , Which drove a strong northwest wind, crossing over dry desert lands, carrying dust and dust with it, and a sandstorm formed.</strong> </p>