Nature -- or climate change, to give this nemesis its correct name -- is showing the human race that she is not to be trifled with.
Dubai was the latest to feel her wrath; the city woke up to unusual thunder and lightning on the morning of February 12, followed by heavy rains and hailstorms.
An orange alert was issued by the National Centre of Meteorology.
According to the NCM, the unusual weather was caused by 'an extension of an upper air depression, accompanied by a cold air mass, westerly air currents and different amounts of clouds flowing over the country from the West'.
The Mint newspaper reports that lightening struck the world's tallest man-made structure, the Burj Khalifa.
A Rediff.com reader, who travels to the city regularly but does not wish his name to be used, sent us these pictures and video of Dubai.
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com
