Powerful dust storm to batter Atyrau region May 4

The Atyrau region emergency situations department warns citizens of approaching deterioration of weather conditions on Saturday. It forecasts the dust storm gusting up to 18-23 m/s to roll across the region.

As earlier reported, on May 3 wild winds tore the secondary school roof off in Kurmangazy region and ripped the five-storied house roof off in the regional centre. The winds also uprooted trees and damaged power lines.