Severe flooding is seen near Basrah, Iraq, as unusually heavy and persistent rain doused several Middle Eastern countries in late March and early April 2019.
iss059e034570 (April 23, 2019) — Severe flooding is seen near Basrah, Iraq, as unusually heavy and persistent rain doused several Middle Eastern countries in late March and early April 2019. At the same time, mountains were beginning to lose their snow cover to melting.