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TOPSHOTS Syrian children walk amid the dust during a sandstorm on September 7, 2015 at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. AFP PHOTO / STR

Syriasn talk in front of a tent during a sandstorm on September 7, 2015 at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. AFP PHOTO / STR

A Syrian woman stands outside her tent surrounded by a cloud of dust during a sandstorm on September 7, 2015 at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. AFP PHOTO / STR

A view of the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh in southern Lebanon during a sandstorm on September 8, 2015. Two people were killed in Lebanon by a massive sandstorm that has blanketed much of the Middle East, Lebanon's health ministry said. AFP PHOTO /MAHMOUD ZAYYAT

A picture taken on September 8, 2015 shows minarets and a church tower in downtown Beirut as the sky looks dull yellow due to a sandstorm blowing over the Lebanese capital. At least two people died and 750 cases of suffocation were reported in Lebanon because of the sandstorm, said the Health ministry. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID

A Lebanese jogger runs despite the dust on the Corniche seaside promenade in downtown Beirut as a sandstorm blows over the Lebanese capital on September 8, 2015. At least two people died and 750 cases of suffocation were reported in Lebanon because of the sandstorm, said the Health ministry. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID

A Lebanese woman covers her face with a veil as she walks amid the dust as a sandstorm blows over the Lebanese city of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley on September 8, 2015. Two people have died in Lebanon and hundreds been treated for respiratory problems as a massive sandstorm blankets much of the Middle East, Lebanon's health ministry said. AFP PHOTO /STR

A Syrian refugee woman covers her face to protect herself from the dust during a sandstorm at a refugee camp on September 8, 2015 near the Bekaa Valley village of Taalabaya. Two people have died in Lebanon and hundreds been treated for respiratory problems as a massive sandstorm blankets much of the Middle East, Lebanon's health ministry said. AFP PHOTO / STR

Syrian refugee children look on from a window during a sandstorm at a refugee camp on September 8, 2015 near the Bekaa Valley village of Taalabaya. Two people have died in Lebanon and hundreds been treated for respiratory problems as a massive sandstorm blankets much of the Middle East, Lebanon's health ministry said. AFP PHOTO / STR

A picture taken on September 8, 2015 in Gaza City shows the sky looking dull yellow due to a sandstorm blowing over the Gaza Strip. A dense sandstorm engulfing parts of the Middle East left at least two people dead in Lebanon and hundreds suffering from respiratory problems, as officials warned residents to stay indoors. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED

A Palestinian man looks at the rubble of buildings which were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, amid a sandstorm in Gaza City on September 8, 2015. Large parts of Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus were shrounded in a thick cloud of dust that meteorologists said had swept in from Iraq and Syria. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED

Palestinian laborers work on the rubble of buildings that were destroyed in the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, during a sandstorm in Gaza City on September 9, 2015. A dense sandstorm engulfing parts of the Middle East left at least eight people dead and hundreds suffering from respiratory problems, as officials warned residents to stay indoors. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS

TOPSHOTS A picture taken on September 8, 2015, shows Gaza City shrouded in a thick cloud of dust as a sandstorm engulfs parts of the Middle East. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED

Image acquired September 8, 2015 via NASA EarthData shows the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite which captured this image of the dust storm September 7, 2015 over the Middle East. The dust storm affected large parts of Syria on September 7th but spread to other countries including Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus and Jordan on September 8th. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT-NASA" NO MARKETING, NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==