Sandstorm again...

After a few days of calm and relatively nice weather, it looks like another sandstorm is brewing again. It sort of started yesterday evening when wind became strong and started blowing sand. You know it when you see sand at ground level, crossing the road! Then it becomes stronger and they start becoming air-borne and hit you on the face. It'll just get worse and finally a big sandstorm hits. It's quite normal here during the change of season from winter to summer and vice-versa. It'll become warmer leading to the sandstorm. After that, it'll probably rain a bit (or maybe a thunderstorm as what happened in Oman) then the temperature will drop drastically. It's a cycle and with each cycle it'll get progressively hotter until the summer finally sets in. Very weird and hostile weather here! I found a video on YouTube showing a partcularly horrible sandstorm in Iraq. Click here to have a look. The picture here is not the sandstorm in my place but is one particularly horrible one in Iraq.
People will usually look forward to the rain after a sandstorm as it will bring cool weather back. But flooding will also occur if the rain was heavy. UAE is not particularly good in their drainage system especially after a sandstorm. The sand will just clog all drains and gutters leading to floods after a thunderstorm. So far, I've yet to see any thunderstorm, just short drizzles or showers at night.