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1 | Arab World: Gasping for Air! | Tontolon’ny Arabo: Miaina anaty rivotra! |
2 | A massive dust storm engulfed the entire Arabian peninsula, leaving the people of Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, gasping for air. | |
3 | Usual for this time of the year, in Kuwait schools and public departments closed early on the day of the storm, as dusty gusts picked up speeds of up to 85km per hour, halting oil exports in the oil-rich emirate. | Raha ny mahazatra rehefa amin'ny vanim-potoan'ny taona toy izao ao Kuwait, dia mikatona vao maraina avokoa ny sekoly sy ny tranom-pirenena amin'io andron'io tafio-drivotra io, raha ny vovoka entin'ny tafiotra no jerena dia mahatratra ho 85 kilometra isan'ora ny hafainganam-pandehany, izay mampiato ny fanondranana solika mankany amin'ny Emira manankaren-tsolika. |
4 | YouTube user q8lightning posts this video: | Ny mpikirakira YouTube q8lightning no mandefa am-bolongana ity horonantsary ity: |
5 | He further explains: | Manazava misimisy izy: |
6 | A sandstorm blew dust from Tuesday night and got worst in the next day Kuwait is now in the middle of winter and sandstorms are already blowing thats because we didnt get enough rain until now. | Nitsoka vovoka ny tafio-drivotra nanomboka ny Talata alina dia avy eo niha-ratsy hatrany nandritra ny andro manaraka, miaina ao anatin'ny ririnina I Kuwait amin'izao fotoana izao ary ny tafio-drivotra dia efa vonona ny handrava, ny antony dia satria tsy nisy orana firy mandrak'androany. |
7 | At Travel Off the Cuff, a message board for travellers, Mark Wolinski complains: | Eny ambonin'ny fiaramanidina, nisy hafatra tonga ho an'ny mpandeha, ka mimenomenona I Mark Wolinski: |
8 | I arrived in Kuwait last night only to find that the dust storm which had descended over Bahrain was even worse in Kuwait. | Tonga tany Kuwait aho omaly alina dia ohatry ny hoe handeha hijery fotsiny ilay tafio-drivotra izay nidina tao Bahrain nefa niha-mahatsiravina izany tao Kuwait. |
9 | I looked out of the window of the plane and it was a wall of beige. | Nijery avy eo ambaravarakelin'ny fiaramanidina aho ary hita ho toy ny rindrim-bolon-tany ny endrik'izany. |
10 | And still in Kuwait, Flickr user Mink posts the pictures above, with the following explanation for the first picture: | Ao Kuwait ihany, mandefa io sary etsy ambony io ny mpampiasa Flickr antsoina hoe Mink, miaraka amin'ny fanazavana fanampiny ho an'ny sary voalohany: |
11 | Two Black Cats Watching from atop the wooden fence. It's the first major dust storm in 2009 and it hit really hard. | Misy saka mainty roa mitazana avy eny amin'ny ambonin'ny fefy hazo, tafio-drivotra goavana voalohany indrindra tamin'ity taona 2009 ity izany ary nandona mafy dia mafy tokoa izy io. |
12 | The skies were orange and the air laden with thick dust. | Miendrika volomboasary ny lanitra ary ibosesehin'ny vovoka mateviana ny rivotra. |
13 | When it fell within the next few days, it took a long time to clean up | Rehefa nijanona izany afaka andro vitsivitsy, dia fotoana lava no lany nanadiovana. |
14 | Mink describes her second shot as: | Mamariparitra ny sariny faharoa i Mink: |
15 | A perfect view of a sandstorm | Sary feno mampiseho ny tafio-drivotra |
16 | And for Granola Girl, dust is one of many reasons for her to pack up her bags and bid Kuwait goodbye: | Ho an'ny tovovavyGranola , dia ny vovoka no iray amin'ireo antony maro mety hanainga azy hangorona ny entany ary hanao veloma an'I Kuwait: |
17 | Lebanon is the only country in the Middle East without a desert. | Lebanona no firenena ao Proche Orient tsy misy tany hay. |
18 | Today, after waking up to howling winds at 2:00am and not sleeping well after that and then inhaling dust all day in a bad sand storm, I am very happy to leave the desert behind. | Androany, rehefa tafafoha noho ny feon-tafiotra tokony ho tamin'ny 2 maraina rehefa tao aorian'izany no tsy nahitana ny torimaso, ary avy eo niaina tao anaty ny vovoky ny tafiotra ny tontolo andro manontolo, dia tena faly tokoa aloha ny tenako fa tsy mba tao anatin'ny toerana misy ny tany hay izany (desert). |
19 | In nearby Khobar, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, Assad Abu Hussain [Ar] posts a few pictures and calls upon his readers to pray to God for forgiveness and rain. | Ao amin'ny toerana manakaiky an'I Khobar, ao amin'ny faritanin'ny Arabia Saodita atsinana, dia mandefa sary vitsivitsy i Assad Abu Hussain ary miantso ny mpamaky izy mba hivavaka amin'Andriamanitra hamela heloka sy handatsaka ny orana. |
20 | Still in the Eastern Province, Abu Omar posts more pictures of the dusty horizons on Aswaq City [Ar]. He also cautions his readers saying: | Mbola ao amin'ny faritany atsinanana, mandefa misimisy kokoa ny sarin'ny tafiotra avy eny amin'ny vodilanitry Aswaq City [AR] I Abu Omar ary koa mampitandrina ny mpamaky manao hoe: |
21 | At 7am this morning, the weather started changing until the horizon turned almost red, and the winds picked up. | Tamin'ny 7 ora maraina, nanomboka niova ny toetr'andro mandrapahatongan'ny vodilanitra hanakaiky ny loko menamena, ary lasa nihanahery ny rivotra. |
22 | Very soon, visibility dropped and drivers should be careful and not speed. | Vetivety avy teo, nihanihena ny fahafaha-mijery lalana ary tsy maintsy nitandrina tsara sy nandeha moramora ny mpitondra fiara. |
23 | Also remember to close all your house windows and not switch on the exhaust fans, so that the dust does not enter your homes. | Tadidio ihany koa ny manakatona ny varavarankelin'ny tranonao rehetra ary aza atao ny mamelona ny fitaovana mitsoka rivotra, amin'izay tsy tafiditra ao an-tranonao ireo vovoka. |
24 | Moving to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Rusha also posts pictures from the storm and offers us an explanation about the different types of sand bowls you could expect to find yourself in the desert of Arabia: | Raha mikisaka mankeny any Riyadh, renivohitry Arabia Saodita, dia hita ihany koa fa mandefa ny sarin'ny tafiotra ary manome antsika fanazavana momba ny karazandrazan'ny tafiotra izay mety ho hitanao eny amin'ny faritry ny tany hain'ny Arabia i Rusha. |
25 | Fine dust blows into everything, coming in through every crack- windows, doors, air conditioning vents, exhaust vents. | Mitsoka eny rehetra eny ny vovoka malefaka, izay miditra avy eny amin'ny makarakaran'ireo varavarankely, ny varavaram-be, avy eny amin'ny fantsona misy ny fampangatsiahana trano, ny fitaovana fitsofan-drivotra. |
26 | Breathing is labored as it gets into your lungs. | Asa be ny miaina anatin'ny rivotra satria miditra any ampoton-tenda ny vovoka. |
27 | Land and air visibility is greatly reduced. | Tsy hita tsara ny endriky ny vohon-tany sy ny endriky ny rivotra. |
28 | People wax poetic about shamals, I tend to cough. | Miha-mafy ny tonokalo momba an'i shamals, te hikohaka aho. |
29 | Looking up the various types, remember my last post about driving through a sandstorm with intermittent rain? | Raha jerena ny karazan-javatra, tadido ny blaogy nalefako farany mikasika ny fifamoivoizana tao anaty tafio-drivotra miaraka amin'ny rotsak'orana mitsitapitapy? |
30 | That is officially called a haboob. | Ity marina ilay antsoina amin'ny fomba ofisialy hoe haboob. |