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Weather tracker: Thunderstorms drench UAE and Saudi Arabia

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World news | The Guardian•Mar 30

Weather tracker: Thunderstorms drench UAE and Saudi Arabia

An unusual weather pattern unleashed severe thunderstorms across parts of the Middle East last week, battering countries including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. A weather station on Jebel Yanas in northern UAE recorded 244mm of rainfall, with many others exceeding 100mm in just a few days, far surpassing typical annual totals of 60-100mm.