The 120-day winds along with the prolonged drought of the Hamoun wetland have caused sandstorms in residential areas and disrupted the lives of the people in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran. (IRNA photos/Hamed Gholami)
Over the past years, the Hamoun wetland helped modify climate effects when it came to the onset of the hot season, and residents considered the wetland as a blessing; but as a result of the prolonged drought, the wetland became a ground for the spread of dunes towards villages and cities in that region.
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