Poor camels

I have some sad news about some camels struck by lightning recently in Abu Dhabi. This happened near a town called Gayathi which is quite near where I am now. Here's the story from Gulf News:

16 camels killed by lightning
Abu Dhabi: A bolt of lightning killed 16 camels near a farmland off Ghayathi in the Western Region yesterday. The herd owned by Mohammad A'sheer Al Mazroui was stationed near a sand dune behind his farmland, 20 km from Ghayathi. The local Arabic daily Al Khaleej quoted Al Mazroui as saying that the camels were grazing at the pasture when the sky suddenly became cloudy. Soon it started to drizzle and a small group of camels broke away from the herd and climbed the sand dune nearby. Lightning and thunder shook the area and lightning felled 16 camels.


It has been rather cloudy the past few days and some parts of the Eastern Region of Al Ain actually had thunderstorms. The weather has cooled down a bit but remains above 40degC. Meanwhile, humidity climbs and it's feeling like a sauna here - sticky!