Caution: Mural sandstorms in parts of the desert regions in the Kingdom may extend to cities (watch video)
Written By وداد السعودي on 2020/07/27
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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Weather of Arabia - The desert regions are now experiencing wall sandstorms that have caused low and insufficient horizontal visibility in these areas. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> These dust storms were caused by the descending winds that accompanied the thunderstorm clouds in the eastern regions of the Kingdom, as a result of the state of air instability. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Dust is expected to extend to parts of Jordanian cities, and warns of:</strong> </h2><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Danger of low visibility due to dust </li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> High concentration of dust in the atmosphere. </li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The following video is from dust storms in the eastern region</strong> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="308" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebo... style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></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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