MGM issued a dust transport warning to 35 cities today. Accordingly, there will be a decrease in visibility and a decrease in air quality due to the desert dust that is expected to be seen until the night hours on Friday. Citizens were warned to be careful and cautious regarding dust transport. Here are the details…
According to the latest evaluations made by the General Directorate of Meteorology, the country is partly cloudy and partly cloudy in Marmara, the north-east of Central Anatolia, the Western and Central Black Sea, the inner parts of the Eastern Black Sea, the north of Eastern Anatolia, the Taurus part of the Eastern Mediterranean. It is estimated that Afyonkarahisar, Eskişehir and Ankara areas will experience showers and thunderstorms.
Dust transport is expected in places in the inner parts of Central Anatolia and the Western Black Sea.
Dust transport originating from North Africa is expected to be effective in the Inner Aegean, Mediterranean, Central Anatolia, Western and Central Black Sea, Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia, and west from night hours. Dust transport, which was effective until yesterday evening in the Inner Aegean and Western Mediterranean, will cause adverse effects such as health problems, decrease in visibility, decrease in air quality, mud-like precipitation and transportation disruptions, which is expected to be seen until Friday night in other places. It was requested to be careful and cautious.
YELLOW CODE WARNING FOR 35 PROVINCES
By MGM, Adana, Adıyaman, Amasya, Ankara, Bolu, Çankırı, Çorum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Mersin, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Konya, Malatya, K.Maraş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, A yellow code desert dust warning was issued for Tokat, Şanlıurfa, Yozgat, Zonguldak, Aksaray, Karaman, Kırıkkale, Bartın, Karabük, Kilis, Osmaniye and Düzce.
