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Winter storm strikes the Middle East

The most extensive and significant winter weather of the season has just swept through the Middle East.

Lifted dust and sand make a surprisingly romantic filter in the Kuwaiti capital. [Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP]
Lifted dust and sand make a surprisingly romantic filter in the Kuwaiti capital. [Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP]
19 Feb 2018
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Rain fell with enough persistence over the last two days to bring flooding to Iraq, including the capital Baghdad, but especially to the east in the border area with Iran.

Snow fell on the mountain tops of the Zagros, but for the most part the air was too warm for anything but rain.

Throughout the region, thunderstorms and glowering clouds brought windy and wet weather. City street flooding made Tripoli in Lebanon and interesting drive.

In Kuwait and northern Saudi Arabia, the consequent southerly breeze first lifted temperatures to well above normal, nearly to record levels in Riyadh, then knocked them back as a strong northwesterly whipped up the dust and sand.

Lightning over Gaza City on Saturday during an early morning thunderstorm. [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
Lightning over Gaza City on Saturday during an early morning thunderstorm. [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
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Ominous clouds hang over the city of Nablus in the West Bank. [Alaa Badarneh/EPA-EFE]
Ominous clouds hang over the city of Nablus in the West Bank. [Alaa Badarneh/EPA-EFE]
Gaza City - after the storm. [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
Gaza City - after the storm. [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
Baghdad's streets are well washed after heavy rainfall in Iraq. [Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP]
Baghdad's streets are well washed after heavy rainfall in Iraq. [Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP]
Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip after the most active of the winter's rain storms. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip after the most active of the winter's rain storms. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
The wind swirls at 85km per hour in Kuwait. [Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP]
The wind swirls at 85km per hour in Kuwait. [Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP]
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