{"id":51857,"date":"2022-01-13T11:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T08:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=34396"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:18:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T08:18:07","slug":"a-rare-hail-storm-near-madinah-blankets-the-desert-in-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/inspo\/travel\/a-rare-hail-storm-near-madinah-blankets-the-desert-in-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rare Hail Storm Near Madinah Blankets The Desert In Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While snow falling in the kingdom\u2019s northwest is almost an annual affair now, it recently fell in a place far from that.<br \/>\nA recent hail storm left the desert near the town Badr not far from Madinah blanketed in snow. The aerial footage shot by a Saudi photographer, Osama Al-Harbi, has been reshared across global news networks.<\/p>\n<h2>It doesn\u2019t look like Saudi Arabia at all!<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A rare hailstorm left sand dunes covered in snow outside Badr city in Saudi Arabia.<br \/>\nDrone footage shows the unusual white landscape <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Ivea0nI8r\">pic.twitter.com\/9Ivea0nI8r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT\u00c9 News (@rtenews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtenews\/status\/1481296100007059460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Peeps, this is a true winter wonderland.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0631\u0629 :<\/p>\n<p>\u0628\u0631\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0643\u062b\u064a\u0641\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0641\u0631\u0642 \u0645\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0628\u062f\u0631<\/a><br \/>\n\u062c\u0646\u0648\u0628 \u063a\u0631\u0628 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0648\u0631\u0629<\/a> \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TdWxw6Ln8R\">pic.twitter.com\/TdWxw6Ln8R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0645\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0628\u064a (@osamafilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamafilm\/status\/1480793278190702592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>You better be heading to Madinah fast to catch the snow.<\/h2>\n<h2><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/nOeD0X0WnwxIA\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/nOeD0X0WnwxIA\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While snow falling in the kingdom\u2019s northwest is almost an annual affair now, it recently fell in a place far from that. 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