On video: Snow in Kuwait (Twitter)
A rare hailstorm has hit Kuwait, one of the hottest countries in the world, in recent days.
Areas in the south of the desert principality in the Gulf were painted white, and on social networks were published documents and photos of children having fun and playing with the hail alongside disruptions on the roads that were filled with ice.
The Kuwait Meteorological Service said that the amount of rain since Tuesday has reached 63 mm, but that the weather is starting to clear up. "We have not seen so much hail during the winter in the last 15 years," said Mohammed Karem, former head of the Kuwait Meteorological Service. , to Agence France-Presse. But although the storm left unusual sights, he noted that he expects the frequency of these phenomena to increase in light of the climate changes that are well felt in the oil-rich principality.
Summer temperatures reach over 50 degrees.
Camels in the background of the hail in Kuwait (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
The summer seasons in Kuwait become unbearable, and in 2016 the temperature reached a peak of 54 degrees.
Scientists estimate that in the future it will not be possible to live there, since parts of Kuwait are expected to warm from 2071 to 2100 by four and a half degrees more than the historical average.
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