沙尘暴袭击伊拉克
A terrible dust storm raged through Iraq in the first week of July 2009. According to news reports, many Iraqis considered the storm to be the worst in living memory. Hundreds of people reported to the hospital for respiratory distress, and the blowing dust interfered with air and land travel for nearly a week.
2009年7月的第一个星期，一场极坏的沙尘暴狂袭伊拉克。根据新闻报道，许多伊拉克人们认为这是在他们有生之年最严重的一次，几百人由于呼吸道疾病被送往医院接受治疗，这一周沙尘暴也妨碍了空中和地面的交通运输。
This natural-color (photo-like) image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite shows the area at the height of the storm, on July 5. In places the dust is only a veil, and the landscape below is recognizable. Parts of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are visible. In other places, however, the dust is a thick blanket, completely blocking the ground from view. The city of Baghdad is hidden. An animation of images from July 1–6 shows the spread of the dust.
这张照片来自于NASA的卫星Aqua上的中分辨率成像光谱仪(MODIS)，显示伊拉克受灾最严重的地区。在某些地方，沙尘暴不是很严重。底格里斯河(Tigris)和幼发拉底河(Euphrates)流经的几处可以看见。而在其他几处，沙尘暴很严重，就像厚厚的毯子，完全遮挡了视线，例如巴格达完全看不见了。这段视频可以看到7月份里面前六天沙尘暴的变化。
July and August are the hottest months of the year in Iraq. Temperatures can reach more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. From mid-June through September, a northwest wind—the shamal—blows almost constantly. Periodically, the winds intensify to the 15 knots (about 17 mph) generally required to whisk dust off the ground. A drought has dried out wetlands and other pockets of moisture in the arid country, which increases the number of places where the shamal can pick up dust. The resulting dust storms can last for days.
7月和八月是伊拉克一年之中最热的时候。最高温度可以超过120华氏度(48摄氏度)。从6月中旬到9月，西北风—夏马风(the shamal)持续地吹，风速可达15海里每小时(17英里每小时，1海里=1.150英里=1.852千米公里)，扫帚般把沙尘卷离地面。再加上一些沼泽地和小型湿地的干旱，增加了夏马风肆虐的程度，导致持续数天的沙尘暴。
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沙尘暴袭击伊拉克(Dust Storm Over Iraq)
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