A shocking scene.. A thunderstorm and strong winds cause a trailer to crash and a number of camels die in Saudi Arabia

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2023/04/16

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.

Weather of Arabia - In a shocking scene that surprised the Saudis on social media during the past hours, a video clip showed the death of a number of camels and material damage at the site resulting from a thunderstorm and strong winds in Nufud al-Sir, northeast of Dawadmi in Saudi Arabia.

And the video, which was filmed by one of the citizens, showed that a trailer was destroyed and overturned on the camels, which caused their death and the destruction of the trailer, in addition to damage to a vehicle due to strong winds and rain in Nufud al-Sir near Riyadh.

According to the footage documented, the force of the wind and rain caused the trailer to overturn three times in a row, then it fell on the camels, killing seven of them.

Cause of strong winds and atmospheric details of the accident

On this day, thick thunderclouds formed that grew to high levels of the atmosphere, accompanied by thunderstorms of different intensities, and this type of thunderclouds is usually accompanied by strong downward winds that strike the surface of the earth radially and in straight lines, with a speed sometimes exceeding 300 km/h. And it can be very harmful at times.

According to the experts of the Arab Regional Weather Center, Saudi Arabia is exposed during the past days, and until the preparation of this news, to unstable weather conditions, the intensity of which varied from day to day, and it is expected that Saudi Arabia will continue to be affected in the coming days and during the rest of the month of April, with rainy conditions, God willing.

We ask God for safety for all and compensation for the owner of the camels

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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