Weather alert issued as dust sweeps across UAE

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A weather alert has been issued for parts of the country as a spell of unsettled weather is forecast across the UAE.

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) issued a code yellow for the public to be aware of dusty conditions, with sand reducing the horizontal visibility to less than 2,000 metres at times over some internal and coastal areas.

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