Update 1:30PM | A dust wave affects the eastern region and southern Riyadh, and the visibility drops to 1500 meters

Written By محمد عوينة on 2021/09/08

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 - The latest readings issued by the Kronos system for Arab weather show that Al-Ahsa and the south of the Riyadh region were administratively affected in the meantime by a wave of dust, which reduced the horizontal visibility, reaching the limits of 1500 meters, this comes as a result of activity in the northeastern winds on parts of the country. From the eastern and central region of the kingdom.

 

The following is an illustrative map showing the latest readings on the extent of horizontal vision at the time of preparing this report:

 

 

 

This dusty atmosphere requires respiratory and eye patients to take the necessary precautions to deal with such weather conditions for fear of complications, and to warn road users in general and external ones in particular of the low range of horizontal vision.

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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