Video | An exceptional night in Jizan under successive lightning flashes and lightning strikes

Written By سنان خلف on 2024/08/07

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - an exceptional night experienced by the residents of Jazan after sunset on Tuesday under the influence of a strong thunderstorm, characterized by successive lightning flashes and lightning strikes, a night in which weather and terrain factors combined to build giant, towering thunderclouds.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>At a rate of 55 wadha per square kilometer</strong></h3><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Jazan is the city most exposed to flashlight in the Arab world <img alt="" src="&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%... width=&quot;267&quot; height=&quot;476&quot; style=&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowFullScreen=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;" /> Lightning and lightning strikes</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is not surprising that the Jazan region is exposed to such storms, as it is classified as the region in the Arab world most exposed to lightning flashes and lightning strikes, at a rate of 55 flashes per square kilometer annually, according to what “A. Abdullah Al-Misnad” stated, who stressed that this percentage exceeds all countries. The European continent and North Africa.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Jazan region is also classified as the region with the highest registration of deaths due to lightning and lightning strikes, especially during the summer months, especially the month of August. It may even be the highest in the Arab world after the mountains of Yemen.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Although such storms are considered rare in general, they recur from year to year in the skies of the Jazan region, due to its high altitude, terrain, and direct exposure during the month of August to the flow of air currents saturated with tropical moisture.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Watch the video: </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%... style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="267"></iframe></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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