インド・ダストストーム続く

　先日からメモしていたインドの砂嵐。まだ続いているようである（メモ1、メモ2）

BBC India dust storms: At least 61 dead in four states 14 May 2018

「At least 61 people have died in fierce dust storms across four Indian states since Sunday evening, with officials warning of more bad weather to come」

　日曜以来に限っても61名死亡。

「Authorities at the time said they were shocked by the ferocity of the storms, adding that it was one of the worst they had seen」

　こう長く続くようでは―うんまあ、大変困りますよねと。
　空路はだいぶ阻害されているとのこと、デリーでは70便ほどdivertだったとか。

BBC Why were India's dust storms so deadly? 4 May 2018　By Navin Singh Khadka

「The extraordinary dust and thunderstorms have come just when concerns have been mounting about the rapid rate of desertification in several Indian states.

The environment ministry says a quarter of the country's land is undergoing desertification - while independent experts put the figure much higher.」