Iraq | A thunderstorm hits Basra, and citizens document scenes of lightning and hail

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, was subjected to air disturbances during the hours of this evening, Sunday, as a result of the region being affected by a limited state of atmospheric instability.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D...(%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86)">Satellite images</a> monitored the formation of thunderclouds in the sky of Basra, and good and blessing rains fell, accompanied by hail, after a wave of dust caused by downward winds.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The following scenes from the event:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> a witness<br /> Cloud <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A9?src=has... Basra</a> and the attendant loss of cold showers shortly before <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82?src=has... Iraq</a> <a href="https://t.co/GAI7KFCXTQ">pic.twitter.com/GAI7KFCXTQ</a></p> - Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherSA/status/1457367916270206982?ref_src=t... 7, 2021</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> a witness<br /> Lightning strikes in the sky <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A9?src=has... Basra</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82?src=has... Iraq</a> <a href="https://t.co/uzvcQV9LeI">pic.twitter.com/uzvcQV9LeI</a></p> - Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherSA/status/1457368174249250824?ref_src=t... 7, 2021</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> a witness<br /> Dust wave resulting from the descending wind that affected the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A9?src=has... Basra</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82?src=has... Iraq</a> <a href="https://t.co/ysdUD6ePVV">pic.twitter.com/ysdUD6ePVV</a></p> - Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherSA/status/1457368885200629766?ref_src=t... 7, 2021</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>