Workers plunge to deaths as apocalyptic dust storm batters high rise building

Horror video from Urmia, Iran, shows two construction workers gripping onto a suspended platform as it is thrashed around in the wind at 100ft before falling to their death

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Iran: Footage shows moments before workers fall to their death

Two workers fell 100ft to their death while working on a tower block during a ferocious dust storm.

Horrifying footage shows the two men thrown from a suspended platform hanging from the roof of the high-rise building in Iran.

The unsecured cradle was seen swinging wildly in the air as it was battered by winds during the sandstorm in Urmia, West Azerbaijan province.

Both men clung on desperately to the sides of the flimsy structure as it slammed repeatedly into the building and pieces of it began to fall off.

Eventually one man slipped out of the cradle as it fell apart, plummeting to the ground.

Seconds later, his colleague fell through the railings and managed to hold on with his fingertips. But he lost his grip and hit the ground with a gut wrenching bounce.

One of the workers was already dead when his body was discovered on the ground, according to local officials.

His colleague was resuscitated and rushed to hospital where he later died of his injuries.

Baqer Bahrami, of the West Azerbaijan Emergency Medical Management Centre, confirmed the tragedy.

“Two construction workers who were working at a great height have lost their lives after falling during a severe storm,” the spokesperson said.

“After the province’s emergency services arrived on the scene, we came across the lifeless body of one of the workers and the second person was resuscitated after the efforts of paramedics.

“He was transferred to the medical centre, but died in hospital.”

Sandstorms have blanketed parts of the Middle East on an unprecedented scale in 2022.

Areas of Iraq, Syria and Iran, have seen almost back-to-back storms sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights.

Experts blame poor government regulations and climate change for the apocalyptic weather.

Meanwhile in Europe, two workers were crushed to death when a 98ft crane was blown over by strong winds earlier this year, in Poland.

Debris was seen whipping through the air moments before a crane came crashing down behind a building on a construction site in Krakow.

One employee was said to be working on the roof while another was on the ground when the tragedy happened.

Record wind speeds were recorded in the UK in February when Storm Eunice battered the nation.

Record 122mph gales were recorded at The Needles on the Isle of Wight on February 18 when a rare red weather warning was put in place.