Dust wave puts cities in Kermanshah province in a "critical" state
On the second day of a new wave of dust in some western provinces of Iran, the air in most cities in Kermanshah province was still reported as "critical and dangerous" or "very unhealthy" on Monday, July 26.
According to ISNA news agency, the dust cloud that made the air in most cities in Kermanshah province substandard on Sunday caused all air quality measurement stations in the province to show substandard conditions on Monday.
According to this report, the air in the cities of Qasr Shirin and Sar-e-Pul Zahab is in "crisis, dangerous, and brown" conditions, and the situation in Paveh County is reported to be "very unhealthy, emergency, and purple."
This is while warnings were issued yesterday about the possibility of the situation worsening and the intensity and concentration of dust in these areas.
Today, the city of Kermanshah is also in a "red, unhealthy, and alert" state, and offices and banks in 10 cities in the province began work with a two-hour delay due to dust.
In Khuzestan Province, the widespread re-formation of fine dust on Saturday, July 25, caused more than five hundred people to be hospitalized, of which at least fifty were hospitalized in special hospital wards.
The Meteorological Organization had previously reported the occurrence of dust phenomena accompanied by "relatively strong" winds in the provinces of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Alborz, Zanjan, Kermanshah, Qazvin, Kurdistan, Ilam, Khuzestan, Qom, Tehran, Markazi, and Lorestan.
Climate change, the occurrence of numerous droughts, improper management of water and soil resources, reduction of vegetation cover, and unscientific exploitation of agricultural lands in Iran and regional countries have been declared the most important factors in soil erosion and the occurrence of dust storms and fine dust.
Source: Radio Farda
