Chance of rain as UAE prepares to ring in the New Year

The UAE could be set for more wet weather on New Year's Eve but skies are expected to be clear before the clock strikes midnight.

The National Centre of Meteorology said it will be cloudy over some western coastal areas and islands, "with a possibility of light rainfall during day time".

The country was lashed by heavy rain earlier in the week, with flooding reported in the Northern Emirates.

The NCM's online weather map, however, indicates it will be largely dry on the final day of the year.

Temperatures will peak at 26°C in Abu Dhabi and Dubai during the day, dropping below 20°C in both emirates during the evening.

Thousands of revellers are set to venture outdoors on Saturday evening to attend firework displays and other New Year's activities to help ring in 2023 in style.

Humidity will remain high during the day and is forecast to reach 75 per cent in the capital and Dubai.

A misty morning is expected on January 1, with temperatures remaining in the mid to high twenties throughout the country.

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One in four Americans don't plan to retire

Nearly a quarter of Americans say they never plan to retire, according to a poll that suggests a disconnection between individuals' retirement plans and the realities of ageing in the workforce.

Experts say illness, injury, layoffs and caregiving responsibilities often force older workers to leave their jobs sooner than they'd like.

According to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research, 23 per cent of workers, including nearly two in 10 of those over 50, don't expect to stop working. Roughly another quarter of Americans say they will continue working beyond their 65th birthday.

According to government data, about one in five people 65 and older was working or actively looking for a job in June. The study surveyed 1,423 adults in February this year.

For many, money has a lot to do with the decision to keep working.

"The average retirement age that we see in the data has gone up a little bit, but it hasn't gone up that much," says Anqi Chen, assistant director of savings research at the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College. "So people have to live in retirement much longer, and they may not have enough assets to support themselves in retirement."

When asked how financially comfortable they feel about retirement, 14 per cent of Americans under the age of 50 and 29 per cent over 50 say they feel extremely or very prepared, according to the poll. About another four in 10 older adults say they do feel somewhat prepared, while just about one-third feel unprepared.

"One of the things about thinking about never retiring is that you didn't save a whole lot of money," says Ronni Bennett, 78, who was pushed out of her job as a New York City-based website editor at 63.

She searched for work in the immediate aftermath of her layoff, a process she describes as akin to "banging my head against a wall." Finding Manhattan too expensive without a steady stream of income, she eventually moved to Portland, Maine. A few years later, she moved again, to Lake Oswego, Oregon. "Sometimes I fantasise that if I win the lottery, I'd go back to New York," says Ms Bennett.

Chance of rain as UAE prepares to ring in the New Year

Forecasters say light rainfall is a possibility with high humidity during the evening

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