{"id":322677,"date":"2026-01-21T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322677"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:57:16","slug":"libya-heavy-dust-storm-causes-death-flight-cancellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322677","title":{"rendered":"Libya: Heavy dust storm causes death, flight cancellations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cmvGGt8ROYo\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy Dust Storm Hits Libya, Forces Flight Suspensions | Dawn News English\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TRIPOLI, Jan 21 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8212; A heavy dust storm swept across eastern Libya on Tuesday, killing one person, halting flights, and prompting school closures, authorities reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical sources from the Libyan Red Crescent said a young man was killed in central Benghazi after strong winds caused the ceiling of his home to collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation authorities also announced the suspension of flights at Tripoli&#8217;s Mitiga Airport and Benghazi&#8217;s Benina Airport due to poor visibility and adverse conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in eastern Libya decided to suspend classes at all schools and universities and imposed a two-day curfew. Classes were also suspended in the western city of Misrata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohi El-Din Ali Ramadan, spokesman for the National Meteorological Center, said wind speeds reached about 100 km per hour, noting that the low-pressure system, which originated in the North Atlantic and turned into a dust storm after passing over desert areas before reaching Libya, is expected to weaken gradually by Wednesday as it moves eastward to Egypt. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRIPOLI, Jan 21 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8212; A heavy dust storm swept across eastern Libya on Tuesday, killing one person, halting flights, and prompting school closures, authorities reported. Medical sources from the Libyan Red Crescent said a young man was killed in central Benghazi after strong winds caused the ceiling of his home to collapse. Aviation authorities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322677"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322679,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322677\/revisions\/322679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}