Jawf, Saudi Arabia, saw its first recorded snowfall. Social media buzzed as people shared photos and videos of this unusual event, including scenes of camels carefully walking on the ice. READ: Sunscreen ingredients found in Arctic snow The United Arab Emirates National Center of Meteorology says the unusual weather event stemmed from a low-pressure area from the Arabian Sea.

Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jawf region has just experienced its first-ever snowfall, transforming the arid landscape into a surprise winter wonderland. With snowflakes covering sand dunes, social media has been flooded with jaw-dropping photos of this rare phenomenon,

On Nov. 3, snowfall graced an unexpected place in Saudi Arabia: its desert. For the first time in history, locals in Saudi Arabia's Al-Jawf region awoke to a blanket of fresh snow atop its brown, arid landscape following "intense rain and hail", reported The Economic Times.

According to the Saudi Press Agency and many citizens, the region of Al-Jawf had never seen snowfall but the region received its very first sugar dusting this week, following which a chilly spell of snow now blankets the mountainous area.

The snow-covered desert grabbed the attention of people from around the world. Social media is flooded with photos and videos of the region

Recently a groundbreaking natural development left the people of Saudi Arabia's Al-Jawf region surprised after it received its first-ever snowfall. The pictures were shared by Twitter user @mededov_nurlan.