Video | Archival scenes of the historical Rafha snow in 2016

Written By سنان خلف on 2021/10/20

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.

Arab weather - Sinan Khalaf - Unusually, snow, accumulations and temperatures below zero degrees Celsius. This happened in the city of Rafha in the year 2016, when the city's residents woke up on Thursday morning, January 28, to a white snow cover that covered all parts of the city.

 

It is noteworthy that these snows resulted from the rush of a very cold moist polar air, which caused snow to fall with this unusual intensity for the city of Rafha.

 

We leave you with these archival scenes of the 2016 Rafha snow

 

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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