Friday was meant to mark the official start of summer, but instead, parts of the country were lashed with unusual June rain.

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) issued a red warning to take action and reported moderate to heavy showers on Friday afternoon with Al Madam in Sharjah the most affected by the downpours and strong winds, which blew up dust and reduced visibility to below 1,000-metres, according to NCM tweets.

Nazwa in Sharjah was also heavily affected, as were the Margham, Lehbab and Al Awir areas of Dubai where flooding and surface water wreaked havoc on the roads, as was visible from videos posted on the NCM twitter account.

SOURCE : GULFNEWS