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Saudi Arabian deserts turn white as freak hailstorms lash landscape

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Saudi Arabia's Al-Jawf region has been transformed into a winter wonderland after a hail storm turned the desert white.

Images and videos have surfaced on social media, showing how beads of ice covered large swathes of the sandy desert.

While extremely rare in a hot desert region, Saudi Arabia has in the past experienced snowfall and hail during the winter months .