Kuwait City: The Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has announced a temporary suspension of operations at Shuwaikh and Shuaiba ports amid unstable weather. According to Kuwait News Agency, the KPA issued a press statement late Sunday, explaining that the decision to halt operations at the two ports was made to ensure the safety of workers and facilities. This decision followed a significant drop in visibility and a sharp increase in wind speed, which exceeded 82 kilometers per hour. Earlier, Acting Director of the Meteorology Department, Dharar Al-Ali, informed KUNA that satellite images and weather radar indicated that most areas of the country would be affected by a dust storm leading to reduced horizontal visibility. In some regions, visibility had reached zero. Al-Ali noted that automatic monitoring stations recorded active winds surpassing 70 kilometers per hour, with gusts exceeding 100 kilometers per hour, further reducing visibility to less than 1,000 meters and resulting in zero visibility in certain ar eas. He anticipated a gradual improvement in weather conditions over the next few hours, with dust and the possibility of scattered light rain continuing until Monday.
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