Video | Historic scenes of the red storm of Arar, which turned its day into a dark night, unusual moments of torrential torrents, and cases of detention of dozens of vehicles

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - The city of Arar was affected by the hours of Thursday afternoon by severe and unusual weather, accompanied by many weather phenomena, which began with a thunderstorm that formed on the outskirts of the city, and expanded and intensified in its strength, to form streams of downward winds, which arose as a result A strong sandstorm moved quickly towards Arar.

Dust storm in #Arar now
Source: @Arab_Storms pic.twitter.com/Rff8kEpJuD

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With the sand storm entering the atmosphere of Arar, the day turned into a very dark night within moments, and the level of horizontal visibility was absent until it reached zero, and caused a complete halt to the movement of vehicles on the roads.

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A strong sandstorm blocks sunlight and horizontal visibility reaches zero pic.twitter.com/N4JoKiYTny

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Wind prayer
Aisha , may Allah be pleased with her: The Prophet , peace be upon him if you hit the wind , said: O Allah , I ask goodness, and the best thing, the best thing they were sent, and I seek refuge in You from the evil, the evil of what it, the evil of what they were sent pic.twitter.com /J7uT0RETTy

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These conditions did not last for long, after moments of a wave of thick dust and a lack of horizontal visibility, thunder roared and lightning strikes were seen, then rain fell heavily. Within a short period of time, they caused a significant rise in the water level and the flow of torrents in some of the main neighborhoods of the city of Arar, causing the detention of dozens of people. vehicles.

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God bless.. what is happening in #Arar of gathering dust and heavy rain in this way is unusual.. Glory be to God pic.twitter.com/dZuc7fxoDk

— Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) April 28, 2022

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A reality that the region was not accustomed to with the testimony of its residents.. pic.twitter.com/ujuxVCCfTB

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Lord, peace be upon you.. torrential rain is now invading the Salhiya neighborhood in Arar
Source: @GPS11500 pic.twitter.com/aDpl5rxwiW

— Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) April 28, 2022

Seoul # Arar_alan from another angle pic.twitter.com/mkEH2yhLAc

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Vehicles detained in the streets of Arar now.. God bless
Source: @tqqs pic.twitter.com/2JMG9LqAPD

— Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) April 28, 2022

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Torrents and detentions in the neighborhoods of #Arar now
Source: @tqqs

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— Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) April 28, 2022