Look, it’s raining in most parts of the UAE, more rain, thunder, lightning expected

It’s raining all over the UAE! Moderate to heavy rainfall was reported in many parts of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah.

In its daily forecast, the National Center of Meteorology stated: “Unstable weather will continue over the country, and weather will be cloudy in general with the presence of convective clouds over scattered areas, associated with rainfall of different intensities, with thunder and lightening at times and fall in temperatures.”

Hazardous weather expected
Red, orange and yellow alerts are up for most of the country from the weather bureau today, Wednesday. Red means “take action” due to hazardous weather events of exceptional severity. The NCM also advised people against going to valleys and areas that can potentially get flooded.

Dust Alert
However, showers along with thunder and lightning are expected in the day. A dust alert was also issued between 5:00am to 10:00am in the country, warning of low visibility on roads.

On their website, the NCM also said: “Fresh to strong winds and causing blowing dust and sand with the reduction of horizontal visibility at times. Rough to very rough sea especially with clouds activity, and that is until 22:00 Wednesday.”

The UAE’s Ministry of Education has announced that owing to unstable weather, all schools in Dubai and the Northern Emirates will be closed on Wednesday.