Severe sandstorm engulfs Jerusalem (15 images)

A Palestinian woman covers her face while walking in a rare Middle East sandstorm outside Jerusalem's Old City, September 8, 2015. Israelis and Palestinians woke this morning to yellow skies, exhausting heat and high levels of air pollution as a severe sandstorm that originated in Syria moved into the region. The Environmental Protection Ministry warned against physical activities outdoors and Israeli domestic flights were disrupted. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI

Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk to the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, during a rare Middle East sandstorm in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 8, 2015. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI

A Palestinian vendor pushes a cart loaded with beverages in the heavy haze from a rare Middle East sandstorm outside the Old City of Jerusalem, September 8, 2015. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI

Palestinians walk in a heavy haze from a rare Middle East sandstorm outside the Jerusalem's Old City, September 8, 2015. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI