Rain in Dubai, unstable weather to continue across UAE

Khaleej Times

December 19, 2017

Dubai, Dec 19: Rainfall has been reported from some parts of Dubai this morning. According to the National Centre for Metrology(NCM), moderate rainfall was reported in Jebel Ali.

NCM has stated that the rain, cloudy skies and wind is expected to continue today, but will be less blustery and wet than the past few days.

And those who are not enjoying it so much should start feeling a respite from the rainy weather from Wednesday onwards.

With morning and evening temperatures on Tuesday set to reach highs of 16°C and lows of 12°C, Dr Ahmed Habib, a meteorologist at the National Centre for Metrology (NCM), told Khaleej Times that the unpredictable weather conditions will remain most prominent in the north and east of the country.

"The low pressure will move gradually towards the east during the evening and night on Monday and Tuesday. There will be a chance of rain in some areas, but mainly in the east of the country and across coastal areas too."

Although the rain will continue today, it is expected to be only light to moderate rainfall.

However, in Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah, residents should expect continuing heavy downpours. The cloud formation will gradually decrease throughout the day today and daytime temperatures are expected to hover between 23°C and 26°C for the most part.

ERC helps affected people

There has been no escaping the wet and windy weather, which has been battering parts of the UAE since Friday.

Under the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region and chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), 188 people affected by heavy rainfalls in Al Ain and Fujairah have been accommodated due to the unstable conditions.

The aid provider vacated 140 affected people in Al Ain city and 48 more in Kalbaa and all have been checked into hotels and other accommodations. Up to 600 people affected by the adverse weather in Fujairah were provided meals by the ERC and given temporary shelter too.

The ERC is currently collaborating with all state departments concerned, including the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority and civil defence and police departments to provide the victims with all amenities of life pending their safe return home.

An emergency room has been established by the ERC General Secretariat and branches nationwide three days ago following the unstable climatic conditions warnings sent by the Centre of Meteorology and Seismology, as a result of which voluntary and operating teams have been mobilised in anticipation for any emergencies.

In both Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, no casualties or losses have been reported following the unstable weather conditions, according to a top official at the emergency, crisis and disaster management team and all affected families have been provided with the necessary accommodation.

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Israeli forces invade southwestern Syria, set up checkpoint in Quneitra

News Network

November 24,2025

Israeli forces have pushed over the Syrian frontier, erecting a checkpoint and stopping vehicles in the southwestern city of Quneitra, in yet another breach of the Arab country’s sovereignty.

The violation took place on Sunday, when the troops made their way across the border, setting up the outpost near the Ain al-Bayda junction in northern Quneitra, Syrian outlets reported.

According to the al-Ikhbariya paper, an Israeli detachment positioned itself at the junction, halting cars and conducting searches.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that three Israeli military vehicles then moved further into the northern countryside, deploying between the town of Jubata al-Khashab and the villages of Ofaniya and Ain al-Bayda. The agency added that a separate Israeli unit mounted a new incursion in the central region, approaching the villages of Umm Batina and al-Ajraf.

Residents said such activities have surged in recent months, pointing to Israeli advances onto farmland, leveling of extensive forested areas, arrests, and spread of mobile checkpoints.

The Israeli regime began markedly increasing its military aggression against Syria last year.

The escalation coincided with increasingly ferocious onslaughts throughout the country by the so-called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Takfiri terrorist group, which the government of President Bashar al-Assad had confined to northwestern Syria. The HTS, however, managed to overthrow the government as the Israeli attacks would pummel the country’s civilian and defensive infrastructure.

Various reports have shown that, during the escalation, the regime conducted more than 1,000 airstrikes on the Syrian territory and over 400 ground raids into the south.

Following the collapse of the Assad government, Tel Aviv also widened its grip over the occupied Golan Heights by taking control of a demilitarized buffer zone, in defiance of a 1974 Disengagement Agreement. Earlier this month, senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visited the buffer zone, prompting expressions of alarm on the part of the United Nations.

The United States, the regime’s biggest ally, has, meanwhile, been fraternizing the HTS head Abu Mohammed al-Jolani amid the widely reported prospect of rapprochement with Tel Aviv.

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