Riyadh engulfed by sandstorm: ‘the whole city went orange’

Riyadh was hit by a massive sandstorm on Tuesday leaving the capital's residents with only metres of visibility. One of our Observers there went out to photograph the event.

Ahmed's photos

Ahmed Al-Omran is one of our Observers in Riyadh. He went out to photograph the sandstorm yesterday.

It took over the city in just a few minutes; it was very weird. Suddenly everything changed - the whole city went orange. It sat like that for four or five hours and then lifted. There were so many car accidents because of the poor visibility. We're not used to this. We usually have strong winds in Riyadh but nothing like this."

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