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09:48 GMT
By Montaha Al-Fadhli
KUWAIT, Jan 11 (KUNA) -- The speed of wind of the dust storm that hit
Kuwait on Wednesday reached 85 kilometers per hour (km/h), said meteorologist
Issa Ramadan.
In remarks to KUNA, Ramadan said that the dust storm is expected to
gradually subside as of Wednesday evening and that noticeable improvement in
the weather will be seen on Thursday, on which temperature will decrease.
He said that a cold air wave hit the state at 3 a.m. Wednesday, causing
strong northwestern winds with an average speed of 60 km/h and reducing
visibility range to less than 100 meters at Kuwait International Airport early
Wednesday.
He said northern Kuwait witnessed light rain that was followed by heavy
dust that came from Jordan and west Iraq, reached Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and
Qatar, and might head to the United Arab Emirates and Oman Wednesday evening.
Visibility range is now 400 meters at the airport and 100 meters at the
northwestern areas of Kuwait, he added.(end)
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