A dust storm sweeps across Dubai Marina on Saturday. Pawan Singh / The National 
A dust storm sweeps across Dubai Marina on Saturday. Pawan Singh / The National 

UAE weather: Dust storms sweep across the country



Dust storms brought visibility down to less than 1km in parts of the country as forecasters warned the hazy conditions may continue through to Sunday.

Cloudy skies are also forecast for the coming three days.

Temperatures are set to reach up to 49°C inland and 44°C on the coast, dropping as low as 44°C inland and down to 37°C on the coast.

Humidity will reach up to 80 per cent on the coast, and 75 per cent in the interior and increase overnight. South and northwesterly winds will reach up to 38kph.

It will remain “hot to very hot” after Sunday, according to the National Centre of Meteorology.

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How has net migration to UK changed?

The figure was broadly flat immediately before the Covid-19 pandemic, standing at 216,000 in the year to June 2018 and 224,000 in the year to June 2019.

It then dropped to an estimated 111,000 in the year to June 2020 when restrictions introduced during the pandemic limited travel and movement.

The total rose to 254,000 in the year to June 2021, followed by steep jumps to 634,000 in the year to June 2022 and 906,000 in the year to June 2023.

The latest available figure of 728,000 for the 12 months to June 2024 suggests levels are starting to decrease.

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