Over the past 100 years, people have been actively remaking the world using the most incredible technologies. But nature responds to such an intervention quite aggressively. Global warming, climate swings, unforeseen storms, lightning-fast typhoons, destructive earthquakes and other disasters - all this is the result of thoughtless anthropogenic influence. Dubai became the last place of a natural “explosion”. Here, in the vast desert, snow fell. This incredible event happened last week. Admire white-footage footage on vast arid lands in the United Arab Emirates, as well as Saudi Arabia.
Geography of the UAE and Saudi Arabia
The following facts will help to understand the full depth of the precedent:
- The UAE occupy the northeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, most of the country is occupied by the desert, this is the largest area on the planet covered with sand. Endless sand for many, many kilometers … It is very hot and dry here, sandstorms often rise under the scorching sun, and it rains rarely.
- Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula. Only the west of the country is populated, north, south and east (more than 95% of the territory) are continuous deserts and semi-deserts. There are no rivers and lakes at all, the inhabitants of the country have never seen land bodies of water!
Unstable weather on the Arabian Peninsula
In this realm of scorpions, camels and wild goats, the photographer, using a drone, captured a winter desert landscape near the city of Al Ghat in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, March 31, 2019. It seems unbelievable, but the winter storm really brought rare spring snowfalls and hail to almost the driest region on the planet.
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Information instantly spread on social networks. People sent photos to each other, which clearly shows that the sand dunes are covered with snow. An unprecedented sight!
What weather forecasters say
The country's meteorological office, however, explained that what looked like snow was actually hail. It was at this time of year that heavy thunderstorms passed in Saudi Arabia. "This is not snowfall, it is a thunderstorm with hail instead of rain, " this information was provided by specialists from the Main Directorate of Meteorology. A warning about possible sandstorms was also issued.
But people are stubbornly repeating that this week in the desert in Saudi Arabia, snow fell. Also, the weather turned bad in the UAE, according to the National Center for Meteorology. UAE residents planned to enjoy the last spring days before a choking summer, and instead got snowfall …
