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Severe weather warning has been issued in anticipation of powerful thunderstorms from Monday night till late Tuesday. The cold front hit the UAE with thunderstorms and gusty winds, dumping more than 60 mm of rain in Dhudna and Masafi, and around 50 mm in Ghantout. Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah received around 40, 22, and 35 mm of rain. Thunderstorms have also hit Qatar, Oman, the Arabian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. Image source: Gulfnews.com Â
See youtube videos of the storm here and here.
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The storms resulted in 4 casualties.
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Extreme thunderstorms in various parts of the UAE have paralyzed life with torrential rain, hail, high winds, and lightning strikes.Â
Eastern and Northern emirates including Dubai were hit hard. Â Sharjah city received the highest amount of 36 mm of rain in just 2 hours.
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 image source: GulfNews
 Surface lows and fronts on Fri Feb 26 2010 An upper low is currently over the middeteranian countries which brought rain showers and thunderstorms there including some heavy showers to Egypt. There are also rain and thunderstorms over parts of Iraq, Iran, NW Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Currently hot weather with southerly winds are affecting the UAE & Oman. It feels like summer here in the UAE with temperatures hovering in mid 30s. Right now the cold front (blue) is unable to cause any rain/thunderstorms formation due to interaction with dry air. On Saturday/Sunday it will result in thunderstorms and rain showers over many parts of the UAE (especially north) and northern Oman (Slight chance of rain in Bahrain and Qatar). Some thunderstorms could be strong. Rainfall amounts could be anywhere between 1 to 25 mm.  Spring starts on March 1st, 2010 with a collision between summer and winter with heavy rain and thunderstorms in the UAE. |
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