In pictures: Thick fog covers city of Dubai

Dubai Media Office (DMO) shared photos of the fog that “blanketed the Dubai skyline this morning.”

Thick fog blanketed the #Dubai skyline this morning…

Photos courtesy: Instagram/Mahzain_malik, Instagram/jimmymanalel pic.twitter.com/pugVOj4KyW

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) January 17, 2021

On Saturday, the UAE’s National Center of Meteorology said it expected the weather to be “wet and foggy on Sunday in coastal areas of the country in the morning and generally clear and sometimes partly cloudy,” according to Emirates News Agency (WAM).

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Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) said that “low visibility in fog reduces your sense of vehicle speed.”

“We advise you to lower speed and use fog lights for your safety and that of others on the road,” RTA added.

The fog in Dubai this morning was crazy. #Dubai #Fog pic.twitter.com/5r5lyc9Ato

— L A Hodges (@iamnamiri) January 17, 2021

#DubaiFog pic.twitter.com/xuGcgeugTa

— ?nkeet (@ankeetbajaj) January 17, 2021

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Last Update: Sunday, 17 January 2021 KSA 10:23 – GMT 07:23