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Flight operations halted as dust storm blankets Kuwait

Agencies | Kuwait City The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced the temporary suspension of flights at Kuwait International Airport due to a dust storm. A thick orange haze has blanketed Kuwait on Monday, and flights

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Published 23 May 2022, 8:00 · Updated 21:30

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Flight operations halted as dust storm blankets Kuwait

Agencies | Kuwait City

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced the temporary suspension of flights at Kuwait International Airport due to a dust storm. A thick orange haze has blanketed Kuwait on Monday, and flights to and from the country's international airport has been affected, the civil aviation regulator said.

The massive plume of dust hovering over Kuwait has reduced visibility to almost zero across the country. Commercial flights will be rescheduled because of current weather patterns, while air traffic will only resume normally once the dust storm subsides, said Emad Al-Juluwi, Kuwait Civil Aviation's Deputy Director General for Air Navigation Services Affairs.

On May 16, air traffic at the main airport was suspended for an hour and a half due to a dust storm, and marine traffic in all three ports remained suspended till Tuesday.

Kuwait’s ministry of education said classes were suspended on Tuesday but would resume the following day. Meanwhile, the Saudi National Center for Meteorology warned of dust storms in several areas in the oil-rich kingdom. A similar warning was made by neighbouring Bahrain.

Flight operations halted as dust storm blankets Kuwait

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