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A man died during a dust storm in Iran. Another 1,200 people have been hospitalized in the past few days. The storm has been raging for more than a week.
There is a first casualty of a sandstorm in Iran, head of the Sistan and Balochistan Province Crisis Headquarters Majid Mohebbi informed.
"In recent days, due to a dust storm, 1,191 people from Sistan were sent to first-aid posts, one of them died,”
- the official reported.
The sandstorm is raging in the province for more than a week. The wind is blowing at a speed of 30 m/s.
The authorities strongly recommend people to stay at home. The most dangerous dust storm is for people suffering from chronic respiratory diseases, minors and older people.
