sandstorm

The climate in kuwait is desert; in the summer, from May to October, temperatures are blistering with a high humidity rate. The Chamal, a violent and dusty wind. Winters (November to April) are milder than summers (8 to 19°C) with cool, sometimes cold, night and limited rainfalls. We have in kuwait several massive sandstorms each year. a standstorm, strong dry wind blowing over the desert that raises and carries along clouds of sand or dust often so dense as to obscure the sun and reduce visibility almost to zero; also known as a duststormIt.During a sandstorm you'll want to stay out of doors if possible, if you are caught outside cover your mouth, nose, and eyes with a scarf. usually happen in March and April . When a sandstorm happen you cant see above 3 meters so it causes many accidents and many people deaths. Also it causes suffocation some times it lead to death.

painted Turtle

The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of  North America. They are usuallu lives in from southern Canada to Louisiana and northern Mexico. Adults eat plants, fish, crustaceans, aquatic insects and some carrion but the young are mainly carnivorous. They and their eggs are preyed on by raccoons, otters, mink, foxes and other medium-sized predators.The adult painted turtle female is 10–25 cm (4–10 in) long; the male is smaller. The turtle's top shell is dark and smooth, without a ridge. Its skin is olive to black with red, orange, or yellow stripes on its extremities. The subspecies can be distinguished by their shells. The most interesting this about this turtle it have no vocal chords, but they can sometimes make hissing sounds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_turtle

http://www.smm.org/warnernaturecenter/animals/paintedturtle

http://www.livingdesert.org/desert_animals_new_sub_animal.html?id=137

personal report

   Piles of dead oysters in Kuwait at khiran beach. the first report was on last Wednesday .The number of the dead oysters doubled after few days.An environmental organization searched for the reason of this event but they didn't know  the real reason.  Dr Muna Husain said its Human-induced. But Waleed Alfadhel didn't agree with her he said what happened was a result of pollution or natural phenomenon.



http://news.kuwaittimes.net/piles-dead-oysters-khairan-beach/