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Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia.
In the area you have selected (Iraq) water scarcity is classified as high according to the information that is currently available to this tool. This means that droughts are expected to occur on average every 5 years.
Iraq is most susceptible to floods, droughts, dust storms, climate-related epidemics, and earthquakes.
Iraq is facing an unprecedented water crisis. Many do not have access to safe drinking water. Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Nasiriya city, southern Iraq.
Southern Iraq's Chibayish marshes are drying up, battered by years of drought, climate change and dam building in Turkey, environmental groups say. Farmers who were dependent on what has been described as the "Garden of Eden" are now moving to the cities while the wetland's wildlife is suffering.
As countries from around the world debate how to tackle climate change at the COP27 talks in Egypt - it's countries like Iraq which are on the frontline. The mighty Tigris and Euphrates - the rivers which once helped to make it the cradle of civilisation - are now running dry. Land there is turning to desert - with severe droughts and dust storms.
An inefficient 8,000 year old irrigation system combined with mismanagement has worsened the effects of drought in Iraq – and cattle and crops are dying.
With one in five Iraqis working as farmers, crippling water shortages have pushed many to find alternative employment.
Today, drought that experts believe is spurred by climate change and invading salt, coupled with a lack of political agreement between Iraq and Türkiye, is endangering the marshes which surround the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Iraq.
Since the beginning of April 2022, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East have been hit by a series of severe dust storms. The country has been facing drought conditions in recent years, as well as land-use changes and overuse that mean there is more loose soil available to be lofted into the atmosphere.