UN issues global alert to combat severe sand and dust storms

World News in Brief: Sandstorm alert, albinism and climate change, rights in Peru

PNP DeskOctober 19, 2023September 17, 202407 mins

The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report on Thursday that every year, around 2,000 million tonnes of dust enter the atmosphere, “darkening skies and harming air quality in regions that can be thousands of kilometres away”. WMO chief Petteri Taalas said this was partly due to poor water and land management….

Sandstorm in Mexico, the city’s atmosphere turned red

PNP DeskJuly 22, 2023September 15, 202402 mins

Sonora: A sandstorm wreaked havoc in the Mexican state of Sonora, with strong winds uprooting trees and igniting power lines. According to foreign media reports, on the evening of July 20, the city in the Sonora region of Mexico turned red and everything turned dusty, when a heartbreaking sandstorm engulfed it. Así fue como un…