Video | Terrifying real scenes of a sandstorm that blocked sunlight from the Gulf countries and plunged them into complete darkness

Weather of Arabia - Terrifying scenes that are repeated every year in Iraq and the Arab Gulf countries, are not excerpts from American films, but rather are the reality of terrifying waves of dust that appear on the horizon like a devastating “tsunami” wave advancing towards the region, carrying with it many dangers, such as tons of dust and sand, Turning the day in the region into a dark night in a period of time not exceeding a few minutes. These are the “wall” sand storms that strike Iraq and the Arab Gulf states.

These powerful sandstorms occur as a result of sudden activity in the wind movement, which may be caused by descending air currents resulting from the formation of cumulus thunderclouds in the same area or the surrounding areas. These sand storms may move across hundreds of kilometers of land, carrying with them more sand and dust.

Among these storms is the “Rai Fish” storm that formed over Iraqi territory on March 25, 2011 AD, and rushed towards Kuwait and the eastern and central regions of Saudi Arabia, extending with the same strength to the far west of the Kingdom, reaching Yemen and the Red Sea.

This sandstorm reduced horizontal visibility to less than 50 meters in large parts of the region and turned day into night within minutes in large parts of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Operating hospitals received thousands of medical cases resulting from suffocation and shortness of breath as a result of dust, in addition to dozens of injuries. resulting from traffic accidents.

These are some scenes of terrifying storms that swept through Iraq and the Arab Gulf states.

The storm began on Friday, March 25, 2011 AD, and formed close to eastern Rafha and southern Iraq, and began to creep to the south and expand. It struck parts of the Central District and the entire eastern region, in addition to Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, then the Empty Quarter and southwestern Saudi Arabia, until it reached the Gulf of Aden. The storm continued in the atmosphere of Saudi Arabia, active and intense, for three days, while the plankton continued longer than that. It is noteworthy that this dust storm has become international; It affected 12 countries (the Cooperation Council, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Djibouti, Somalia and Pakistan), and five sea bodies (the Arabian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Sea), and even deepened into the Arabian Sea south for about 1,400 km. What makes it a historic and distinctive dust storm.

The ray storm was distinguished by its speed (about 50 km per hour), its frightening intensity, its long stay in the region’s atmosphere, its curved (clockwise) and long geographical path, its bounce back to the north after colliding with the Asir Mountains through the southern winds, and its arrival again, bouncing back to its origin after four days. days of its formation, and part of it went deep into the Arabian Sea for more than 1,400 km; Consequently, the distance between its origin and its southern outskirts became about 3,300 km.

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