SAKAKA, Saudi Arabia – A rural region of northern Saudi Arabia was blanketed by hailstones, giving the desert landscape a rare coating of white and mimicking a wintry wonderland. Saudi Arabia’s ...

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Saudi Arabia's usually sun-baked deserts have been transformed into an unexpected winter scene in recent days, as snow blanketed parts of the Al-Jawf region in the northern Al-Nafūd desert.

On November 3, 2024, the Saudi Arabian desert of Al-Nafūd in Al-Jawf experienced its first-ever recorded snowfall. Social media buzzed after many shared photos and videos reacting to the strange ...

A snow-covered desert landscape, a rare weather phenomenon similar to the first snowfall of Saudi Arabia. Credit: Wouter 7 / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jawf region has experienced its first ...

SAKAKA, Saudi Arabia – A rural region of northern Saudi Arabia was blanketed by hailstones, giving the desert landscape a rare coating of white and mimicking a wintry wonderland. Saudi Arabia ...

Posting the images and videos, one wrote, “Northern Saudi Arabia: Snow blankets the desert after heavy rains and hail. Just yesterday, winter transformed the mountainous landscape. Yes ...

Lashing rains? A chilly climate? Wintery snow? Surprisingly, all of these are true for a desert in Saudi Arabia, which has recently morphed into a stunning winter wonderland. According to the Saudi ...

Consequently, thunderstorms, hail, and rainfall have swept across Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, defying the region's characteristic dryness and causing unprecedented weather events.