Unusual snowfall blankets Saudi Arabia

With every passing day, the impact of climate change is increasing. While summers witnessed a deadly rise in heat, winters are no better with unimaginable freezing cold temperatures — so much that in the world’s coldest village, people have frozen eyelashes.

Shockingly, there were many hot and barren areas that received snowfall this winter season. Remember the breathtaking swirls of snow on the orange dunes of the Sahara Desert?

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The Middle East has not escaped the extream chilly conditions experienced by much of the northern hemisphere with snowfall blanketing Saudi Arabia's mountainous Tabuk region.

Home to the Al-Lawz mountain, a 2,580-metre peak, the northwestern area of the country occasionally sees fleeting snow that often melts away in a matter of hours.

Nevertheless, a snow-covered desert is a sight to behold, attracting locals and visitors.

Social media sites were flooded with photos and videos of people enjoying the frosty day. Surrounded by mountains in the desert region, the northwestern area of the country occasionally sees sudden snowfall but it doesn’t last long.

Snow also fell in Lebanon, with a covering in Dahr al-Baidar, east of Beirut.

 

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