Heavy to moderate showers accompanied by thunder and lightning lashed the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah on Saturday.
The mountainous areas and valleys in the emirate, mainly the Shawka region, witnessed torrential rain, the locals said.
"It had been raining hard here in Shawka," Mohamed Ibrahim, an Emirati national, told Khaleej Times.
????? ?????? #??????? ?????? ?#??????_??????_???????? ?#?????_?????? ?#??????_??????_??????_???????? ?#????_?????? ?#????_????? ?#????_?????? ?#???????_???????? pic.twitter.com/sd42Bllu9B"Al Naqb valley and nearby mountains saw heavy downpour."
- ?????? ?????? ??????? (@NCMS_media) May 16, 2020
??? #??????? ?????? ?#??????_??????_???????? ?#?????_?????? ?#??????_??????_??????_???????? ?#????_?????? ?#????_????? ?#????_?????? #?????_???? ? pic.twitter.com/8FJPP66RgC"Most of the reports handled are about accumulated pools of water across the emirate, while the others are about uprooted trees, fallen rocks, cut-off roads, and landslides."
- ?????? ?????? ??????? (@NCMS_media) May 16, 2020
????? ??? #??????? ??????? ?#??????_??????_???????? ?#?????_?????? ?#??????_??????_??????_???????? ?#????_?????? ?#????_????? ?#????_?????? ?#????_???????? ?#????_???????? pic.twitter.com/UGLou4LnJ0"The department, in collaboration with the RAK Municipality, has altered the water current in the 20-metre-deep Naqb Valley, which can store up to two million cubic metres on a total area of 100,000 square metres, to prevent the flooding of nearby Fahleen area."
- ?????? ?????? ??????? (@NCMS_media) May 16, 2020
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