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Heavy rains hit Dubai, Sharjah and other parts of the UAE on Sunday afternoon.
Earlier, the National Centre of Meteorology on Sunday warned UAE residents of rainfall and blowing dust, and urged the public to exercise caution.
“Convective, rainy clouds with fresh to strong winds with a speed of 60kmph, causing blowing dust with poor visibility at times over land, and causing the sea to be rough,” it tweeted.
The alert is applicable from 3.30pm until 7pm, the weather bureau added.
The map shared on Twitter showed several areas highlighted in red, warning residents to “be extremely vigilant”.
“Hazardous weather events of exceptional severity are forecast,” the warning said.
Scattered thunderstorms and rains of different intensity lashed various parts of the country on Saturday, and continued on Sunday, with more expected till Wednesday.
The NCM has urged residents to brace for more rainfall, take precautions and comply with advisories issued by the authorities.
Earlier this week, some parts of the UAE experienced light to moderate rain on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
Scattered thunderstorm and rain of different intensity lashed various parts of the UAE on Saturday, March 21. More rainfall is expected till Wednesday.
Following overnight rain and hail in Abu Dhabi City, Mussafah, suburbs and western region, light to moderate rain was experienced in various parts of the emirate on Saturday morning.
According to the National Centre of Meteorology, unstable conditions are expected to continue for next few days with chances of scattered rain across the country.
On the general situation for Saturday and Sunday, the Met office said: “Rain and thunder over scattered areas, at times with fresh to strong winds are expected. A surface low pressure trough extends over the country, accompanied with an upper air trough of low pressure which gradually deepens to reach its peak today and Sunday.”
Giving a forecast for next few days, the weatherman said the conditions will be cloudy with rainfall of different intensities over scattered areas of the country, accompanied with lightning and thunder at times.
“Moderate to fresh southeasterly to northeasterly winds may become strong with convective clouds over the sea, causing blowing dust and resulting in poor horizontal visibility over the exposed areas. The sea will be rough to very rough especially with clouds in the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea.”
