- Storms battered Makkah, causing a lightning bolt to strike its clock tower.
- The incident led to the National Centre of Meteorology upgrading the alert level to “Red Alert”.
- Pilgrims completing the Umrah stroll around the grounds of the Kaaba.
As storms continued to batter the holy city of Makkah with strong winds and heavy rain, a spectacular meme was born after the city’s famed clock tower was struck by a large lightning bolt, which lighted up the night sky with a mesmeric show of lights of electricity forking skywards.
A massive lightning bolt struck Makkah’s famed clock tower, which overlooks the Kaaba, during a thunderstorm and quickly spread across the sky like a mesh, according to the video. On Wednesday evening, photographer Mohamed al-Hudhali photographed a thick flash of lightning striking the world’s largest clock tower.
Take a look at the post below:
لحظة تعرض قمة برج الساعة بمكة لصاعقة برق قوية.⚡️
تصويري📸 @azoovic#مكه_الان #مكة_المكرمة#امطار_مكه #برج_الساعة pic.twitter.com/ZiANUbEFg3
— عبدالعزيز الحربي (@azoovic) September 27, 2023
Significant rains fell in Makkah on Wednesday, forcing the National Centre of Meteorology to upgrade the alert level to “Red Alert” – the highest level.
The signal was downgraded to “Yellow Alert” by the center on Thursday, according to Al-Arabiya. Other videos show pilgrims completing the Umrah getting drenched as they stroll around the grounds of the Kaaba.
A similar video, shot by a Saudi photographer in August when lightning struck the Makkah clock tower and illuminated the entire city, went viral as well.
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