Sandstorm plaguing Israel is worst in country’s history

The dense sandstorm that has blanketed Israel with thick yellowish-brown dust in recent days is the worst that the Jewish state has ever endured, the Environmental Protection Ministry said Friday.

 

According to the ministry, the current storm, which began Tuesday, and the one experienced in February of this year have seen the highest concentration of dust particles in the air since the creation of the state in 1948, Channel 10 reported.

 

The storm is expected to continue throughout the weekend and begin dissipating Sunday.

 

A sharp rise in temperature on Wednesday added to the already difficult weather conditions, and forecasters on Thursday predicted that the dust, heatwave and high humidity would only taper off Saturday evening.

 

 

By its second day, the massive sandstorm broke both electricity usage and air pollution records across the country.

 

 

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