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© twitter@AviationDaillyAs the jet approached the runway, only a few hundred metres of the strip could be seen ahead of the sand storm
According to Saudi aviation bloggers, the jet, which is believed to be an Airbus A320 landed recently at Jazan Airport in the south of the country.
The footage, which was shot out of the cockpit, shows the jet being buffeted by wind as it approached the runway.
However, the pilot during the approach was unable to see the airport's control tower which was covered in sand.
Seconds after the jet touched down the video showed visibility disappear as the pilots slowed down while following the centre line of the runway.
© Tim Poate/University of PlymouthWaves crashing onto Chesil Beach in Dorset during the winter of 2013/14.
The coastlines of Scotland and Ireland have seen the largest increases, with the average height of winter waves more than 10mm/year (more than 0.7metres in total) higher than in 1948.
That has also led to increased wave heights during extreme weather conditions, with levels off the Irish coast increasing 25mm/year during the past 70 years, representing an average increase of 1.7m.
Comment: And it's not just the coastlines that are being affected:
- 'Sinking' Pacific Island is actually growing
- Three cliff falls in just two days near iconic Seven Sisters, UK; woman killed
- Sinkhole appears on beach in French Riviera (PHOTOS)
- Sandy beach that 'vanished' 12 years ago in freak storm suddenly returns overnight in Mayo, Ireland
- Devon residents alarmed as beach disappears overnight
- More cracks reported in Kenya as Africa's geographical divide deepens
- Monster cracks appear in the ground after landslide and heavy rains destroy over 100 buildings in Cusco, Peru (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
- GARGANTUAN sinkhole swallows several cars and building is evacuated in Rome (VIDEO)
- 8 dead as massive sinkhole swallows eight-lane road in Foshan, China (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Battambang provincial police said the first to die was a 21-year-old man from Ek Phnom district's Prek Loung commune. He was walking out his home when lighting struck him.
In another case, a 54-year-old man in Sangke district's Raing Kesei commune was riding a motorcycle during rain to visit his rice field when he was hit by lightning.
Comment: Elsewhere in Asia over the past week lightning strikes have killed a farmer plus another 3 individuals in Bangadesh while across India at least 8 have been struck dead.
© WeatherNation/Grace SicaAn Alabama sheriff says five people have been injured during a reported tornado
A pair of EF0 tornadoes that injured five people were confirmed by the U.S. National Weather Service in Baldwin County, Alabama, Sheriff Hoss Mack told WALA-TV. Five people were injured in the storm, one of whom was listed in serious condition, WALA-TV reported.
The first of these tornadoes overturned five recreational vehicles at the Anchors Aweigh RV Park in the town of Foley, about 30 miles southeast of Mobile.
Just 10 minutes later, another EF0 tornado touched down near Elberta, uprooting trees but causing only minor damage to a few homes.
In Florida, a waterspout roared ashore late Sunday afternoon on Okaloosa Island and Fort Walton Beach, about 140 miles west of Tallahassee, heavily damaging at least one home, downing trees and power lines and tossing vehicles.
© Dave Perkins
The video was recorded from a high-rise building and shows the waterspout start in the ocean, cross over the beach, then travel into another body of water before hitting land again.
© Matthias Schmidt / ReutersSandstorm bearing down on Yazd, Iran April 16, 2018
The fierce dust storm, known as a haboob, swept across the province in central Iran earlier this week but, despite its force and apocalyptic appearance, it left areas largely unscathed. Among the cities enveloped by the dense sand cloud was the region's capital city Yazd - a historic site recognized on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
In Victorville, Calif., tumbleweeds accumulated so much, entire driveways and front sides of homes were covered in the dry, detached diaspores.
"Normally you get a few flying down the street or whatnot, but never this many that will stack up even this much," Victorville resident Tanya Speight told KABC-TV, referring to the hill of tumbleweeds in front of her home. "And this is mild compared to what it was actually in the back yard and in the front of the house. So no, it's never been this bad."
© mskagency
Gusts of winds have reached 25 meters per second, turning over bins, small kiosks, and other objects with debris, injuring people
One child died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition. "Doctors couldn't save a girl who was in critical condition. I express my deepest condolences to her parents," Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin tweeted. Hundreds of trees were toppled by the storm across the Russian capital, he added.
Earlier, the Emergencies Ministry issued a storm warning.
A man has died after being hit by a construction cabin in a Moscow suburb, Interfax reported, citing their sources in the Moscow health service.
The Moscow health service confirmed that at least 17 people were injured in the massive storm, TASS reported.
Comment: Last week a fierce dust storm, known as a haboob, engulfed the historic Iranian city of Yazd.