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Khaleej Times
07-08-2025
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
UAE issues advisory for citizens in France after 1 dead, 13 injured in wildfires
The UAE mission in Paris has issued an advisory to citizens in the country, urging them to "exercise caution and vigilance due to the wildfires in the Vaucluse region of southern France". In an advisory on X, the mission urged citizens to adhere to the safety instructions issued by local authorities. It also listed emergency contact numbers, which are: 0097180024 or 0097180044444. Citizens can also use the Tawajudi service in case of emergency. French firefighters said Thursday they were hoping to halt the country's biggest wildfire this summer that has left one person dead and destroyed several thousand hectares of land and dozens of homes in the south. Around 2,000 firefighters were still mobilised Thursday in France's southern Aude department to contain the blaze that started Tuesday. Thirteen people have been injured, two of them seriously. The fire advanced much more slowly overnight to Thursday than at the start, when it engulfed around 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) per hour, according to the authorities in the nearby city of Narbonne. A 65-year-old woman, who had refused to evacuate, was found dead in her scorched house, while 13 people were injured, 11 of them firefighters. The wildfire is a "catastrophe on an unprecedented scale", Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Wednesday during a visit to the affected region. "What is happening today is linked to global warming and linked to drought," Bayrou said. The blaze has burned around 17,000 hectares of land. Around 3,000 homes were still threatened by the fire Thursday, firefighters said, while around 1,000 people who had been evacuated in the area were not yet cleared to return home.
Khaleej Times
13-07-2025
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
UAE embassy warns citizens in Oman of fog on roads leading to Salalah
The UAE Mission in Muscat urged citizens of the country residing in the Sultanate of Oman to exercise caution and vigilance. This comes amid weather forecasts indicating the formation of low clouds or fog on the roads leading to the Salalah Governorate. The mission also emphasised the importance of following safety instructions issued by the authorities. Emiratis are also urged to register with the Tawajudi service, which is a platform launched for the convenience of UAE citizens living abroad.
Khaleej Times
11-07-2025
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
UAE embassy in Spain urges citizens to exercise caution amid adverse weather conditions
The UAE mission in Madrid urged citizens residing in Spain to exercise caution due to the bad weather conditions in several regions of the country. The alert is due to an isolated upper-level depression, named "Dana", which will destabilise the environment. The mission also stressed the need to follow the safety instructions issued by the authorities. Citizens in Spain must also to contact 0097180044444 in emergency situations on 0097180024 or register in the Tawajudi service. Spain's meteorological department Aemet, on Thursday, warned of storms and heavy rainfall, accompanied by hail and strong wind gusts. While storms will occur in northern half and eastern third of the country, it is difficult to accurately determine the areas which will be most impacted, due to the uncertain nature of such weather disturbances, Aemet added. Storms prediction from July 11 to 13 July 11 The storm will begin building today afternoon, July 11, around the Cantabrian Mountains and the Iberian Range. With it moving northward or northeastward, areas such as eastern Cantabrian Sea, Navarre, La Rioja, and Aragon are likely to see hail exceeding 2cm, showers accumulating up to 30-40 mm in one hour, and very strong wind gusts, Spain's met forecasted. This is also possible in northern parts of Castile and León, Asturias, and the Pyrenees. Over some areas, the storms might "locally regenerate", which leads to continuous rainfall accumulating, Aemet said. Less intense storms are also likely today in parts of the eastern third of the Iberian Peninsula. July 12 On Saturday, the upper-air pressure may "move eastward across the northern half of the peninsula, with the area of greatest instability shifting to the northeast," Aemet added. Aragon and Catalonia would be most affected by the storms; parts of Valencian Community, Navarre, La Rioja, the eastern Cantabrian Sea, eastern Castile and León, and Balearic Islands could also experience significant storms. As the storm moves through the country, a cooler air mass will enter, and combine with the cloud cover, leading to a noticeable drop in tempatures, occurring in the western half on Friday and in the eastern half on Saturday, according to the Spain agency. July 13 The episode "will end" as this system leaves the Peninsula and is replaced by an Atlantic ridge, which will "favour increased stability," Aemet said.
