UAE weather today, May 24 -- For the second consecutive day, the United Arab Emirates breached its May temperature record, with the mercury soaring to a blistering 51.6degC on Saturday, reported the National Center of Meteorology.

"The highest temperature recorded over the country today is 51.6C in Sweihan (Al Ain) at 13:45 UAE local time (0945 GMT)," the NCM stated in a post on X.

The desert nation, which lies in one of the planet's hottest regions, and is also particularly vulnerable to climate change, finds itself in the grip of an intense heatwave.

Saturday's temperature was 1.2 notches higher than the temperature recorded on Friday in the Abu Dhabi area. These back-to-back extreme heat days mark a significant spike in the region's...