Dust storm hits Karbala, causes 200 heavy breaths

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: A dust storm has hit Iraq ’s southwestern Province of Karbala in the early hours of Tuesday, causing 200 heavy breathing cases, especially among the elderly people and children, a health source said on Wednesday.   “A strong dust storm hit Karbala , causing heavy drop in sight and causing citizens to rush back to their houses and close their shops,” Ahmed Hussein told IraqiNews.com news agency.   On his part, Karbala ’s Health Media Director, Jamal Mahdi Abbas, said the dust storm had hit Karbala in the first hours of Tuesday, causing heavy breathing of about 200 citizens, who were driven to hospitals, warning that such cases would increase if the dust storm would continue till Wednesday.   SKH (ST) 459