The hotter the world gets, the more water the air can hold and the more it will rain.
Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades, reports Statista.
The situation in the Middle East was rapidly destabilised in the last week by a slew of bombings, missile and counter missile strikes that brought the whole region much closer to a region-wide war.
Attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen on commercial vessels passing through the Red Sea have made some shipowners reluctant to sail via the Suez Canal and Red Sea.
Sometimes known as the sirocco, haboob, yellow dust, white storm or harmattan, the phenomenon that engulfs everything in its path can be a costly disaster.