This isn’t the first time that snow has fallen on the mountainous regions of Tabuk, which is situated in the north of Saudia Arabia, however that hasn’t stopped images of the snow fall from becoming viral online!
The Al-Louz Mountain is located north west of Tabuk and is the highest peak in the Tabuk region, being is 2583 meters above sea level.
Other similar incidents have been reported in the area, albeit on a much smaller scale and given that snow is a rare phenomenon in the gulf region, people have been going absolutely crazy to catch a glimpse of the snow fall.
And footage of the snow plus heart warming footage of people celebrating it has gone viral on social media!
https://twitter.com/lilil37/status/956649719614398464
Some are even congratulating the people of Tabuk!
https://twitter.com/fin11242/status/956590437321658368
“Congratulations to the people of Tabuk, God Bless!”
https://twitter.com/AlMashtag3/status/956615334538170369
“MashaAllah”
Some are seriously considering cancelling their trips to Europe;
https://twitter.com/waazaaw/status/956579313729622016
“Shall we cancel our tickets to Switzerland?”
And suddenly Tabuk has become THE dream destination!
https://twitter.com/rrawan0651/status/956591830786826240
“Take me to Tabuk!”