Heavy rain has lashed parts of United Arab Emirates, bringing roads, airports and general life to a standstill. Rains and flooding have killed 18 people throughout Saudi Arabia and 915 had to be rescued from inside their vehicles. Floodwater has inundated roadways in Riyadh, Makkah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Severe downpours have struck Saudi Arabia this week, including in the desert capital Riyadh where schools closed on Wednesday after floods caused traffic chaos during a storm.
In Yemen, rains have caused widespread flooding that killed at least 16 people and caused the collapse of small dams, including two in Hajja and Omran provinces north of the capital, Sana’a, security officials and the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
The Saudi Arabia ministry said the 16 were killed over the past 24 hours, mostly in Omran and Hajja. Damage to property was particularly heavy, with rushing muddy water cutting off roads and sweeping away cars and cattle, according to the officials. Besides Hajja and Omran, unusually heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours has also hit Sana’a and the southern port of Aden.
First published in presstv.ir
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