Below-average rainfall and insufficient water in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have left Iraq bone dry for a second straight year, wrecking swaths of farm land, threatening drinking water supplies ...

Despite spring’s retreat, Egypt finds itself bracing for even more sandstorms and rain that will threaten respiratory health and transform driving into a perilous endeavor due to diminished visibility ...

High Winds and Sandstorms Prompt Beijing to Cancel Hundreds of Flights and Close Parks BEIJING (AP) — High winds and the threat of sandstorms Saturday prompted Beijing to cancel hundreds of flights ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Baghdad: A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and ...

The sidewinder moves diagonally across sand, leaving minimal tracks and blending with the desert floor during blinding sandstorms. The oryx uses pale fur to blend into sandy landscapes, moving slowly ...

2003-03-18 04:00:00 PDT Tactical Area Coyote, Kuwait-- The wind came out of nowhere. One minute, I was sitting outside, laptop computer on my knees and satellite phone at my feet, looking at a bright, ...

Jeepers creepers, leapers and saltons too: a sandstorm in Jordan. (Courtesy: iStockphoto/yafa80) The colliding of whipped-up grains of sand increases the strength of sandstorms, according to ...

Orange skies signaled yet another dusty day for millions of Iraqis. It was the seventh such storm in recent months, and experts say more are on the way. By Isabella Kwai An unrelenting spate of ...

Western sections of the Great Wall of China are being reduced to "mounds of dirt" by sandstorms and may disappear entirely in 20 years, a report said Wednesday. The reasons for the deterioration are ...

ULAANBATAR, Mongolia – This March, as Mongolian herder Batsaikhan Enkhee tended to his sheep, the sky suddenly darkened. The wind picked up, filling his shoes and shirt with coarse, heavy sand. A ...