I just heard the Land Mark was attaked by the really strong winds as the glass of the windows broke in Pizza expresse and TGI Fridays most of the glass fell on the people in the 2 resturants the abulence was then called to save the people from the glass dameges, also the electrcity went off several times causing panic in the mall , any body has any more information on this ???:ohno: :ohno:

Damn!! That is bad news! I hope not though, was the weather THAT bad?

^^ Was the weather that bad??? In Salwa Road, you could see the street light falling or bending to the front!! the whole road was closed!!
And the wind?? OH MY GOD!! I thought we were gona die!!

I hope that the damage in Landmark wasn't that bad...

Bent street-lights? Broken glass? What the hell?!! Was there a hurricane or what?! lol!

Seriously, was the wind that strong??

Strong winds, rain lash city
DOHA • Life in the city was paralysed for several hours yesterday as strong winds and moderate to heavy rains hit the city and its outskirts yesterday evening. At around 3.30pm, there were signs of things to come.

The unstable weather is expected to continue until noon today, according to the Met Office. Motorists as well as pedestrians had a tough time battling the sudden squall. Many parts of the city witnessed heavy rains, which were accompanied by blustery near gale force winds.

A number of accidents were also reported, as the winds played havoc with cars and buildings. A four-wheeler parked off D-Ring Road was damaged when shoddily installed scaffolding collapsed at a building undergoing renovation. Casualties were avoided because there was no one at the site at the time of the accident.

According to the Met Office, the sudden change in the weather was caused by a low pressure system which had formed over central Saudi Arabia, bringing in the winds and rain. The flash rains and winds resulted from a combination of cold air on the upper layer and warm air in the lower layer of the atmosphere. The winds intermittently changed direction due the sheer force of the gusts.

The cold winds are expected to bring down the temperature today considerably. The maximum temperature recorded yesterday was 32 degrees Celsius, which is expected to come down to 26 degrees Celsius today. Yesterday's minimum temperature was 18 degrees Celsius which is expected to settle at 16 degrees Celsius later today.

Yes I heard about what happend in Landmark >>> they evacuated the people from it .... :(

In our house a portion of the garage roof went off because of the wind.... hamdulellah no damages to the cars...

Damn!! That is bad news! I hope not though, was the weather THAT bad?

lets put it this way in my house we have 3 broken lights a broken tree that suddenly fell on the other plants all the out door chairs are scrabled around the house a broken gate that broke down , all together it was a horrible day for doha

يقولون ان السيتي سنتر اهتز

Translation to Qatari4ever's messege is " I heard that the city center shaked a littel bit " .

I head the City Centre cinemas all lost electricity at one point and that they felt the entire City Centre shake... we had all of our chairs fly into the pool, which was pretty bad. My mother was in Hyatt Plaza that day and she said a pole had collapsed onto a brand new car, the poor people!

But seriously what the hell is up with the weather this year? Strangest i've ever seen!

The weather is changing in a weird way all over the World.

I began noticing changes in the weather in Gulf region 3 or 4 years ago,the weather is changing to very wit winters :) Congrats :)

Good god... i was playing in my computer for 3 hours without saving my game and winds seemed to push our sliding door. the all of a sudden the electricity went out and of course... My computer. urgh! so much for my efforts!!!

also, winter this year seemed to be more colder than last year

From what I read it sounds like an earthquake... can't believe the wind has been so strong!

earthquake?

Yeah that's an expression...if at one point you can feel the City Centre shake, that's some serious wind!

wat suzan said was right today on the way to school i found about 5 street lights liying on the ground in salwa road :(

how fast were these winds?