Two dead in Saudi floods; storms target Middle East

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Two dead in Saudi floods; storms target Middle East
Riyadh's municipal workers pump water from a flooded street in Riyadh during heavy rainfall across the Saudi capital, on April 13, 2016.

Riyadh - Floods caused traffic chaos during a severe storm.

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Published: Thu 14 Apr 2016, 4:49 PM

Last updated: Fri 15 Apr 2016, 2:17 AM

Two people have been killed by flooding in southwestern Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Thursday.
The pair died when three areas in the mountainous Jazan region were inundated by flood waters, Al-Ekhbaria news channel reported on its Twitter feed.
Citing the civil defence agency, it said six other people were injured and 18 rescued in the region, which borders Yemen.

Heavy rains have struck Saudi Arabia this week, including in the desert capital Riyadh where schools closed on Wednesday after floods caused traffic chaos during a severe storm.
Thousands of emergency calls due to rain Saudi Arabia's Disaster and Crisis Management Center received 6,393 emergency calls from around the country from Thursday to Sunday due to heavy rainfall, reports Al Arabiya.
 
Much of Yemen flooded by heavy rainfall, 1 dead
Yemeni officials say heavy rainfall in several parts of the country has caused widespread flooding and the collapse of small dams, including one in Hajja province northeast of the capital, Sanaa.
 
The officials said at least one person was killed on Thursday in the flooding. Damage to property was particularly heavy, with rushing muddy water cutting off roads and sweeping away cars and cattle.
Besides Hajja, unusually heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours hit Sanaa, the southern port of Aden and Omran province north of the capital.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Yemen is located at the southern corner of the Arabia Peninsula, overlooking the Red and Arabia Seas. Its rainy season falls in the spring.
 
 
 

UAE weather forecast: Cloudy and rainy days ahead
The National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has issued a weather report for April 12 to April 15, saying that the UAE will be affected by a surface low pressure extending over the south western areas of the Arab Peninsula associated with different amounts of clouds from the west and southwest.

The low pressure is expected to deepen in the upper layers from April 13 to April 15. As a result, huge cloud amounts will move from the southwest and west toward the state. The weather will become unstable.
Cloud amounts will increase occasionally, and probably associated with some towering clouds and different intensities of scattered rain, starting from west of Abu Dhabi and including Al Ghuwaifat, Al Ruwais, Madinat Zayed, Liwa, and extending over Al Ain and different parts of the Northern Emirates, especially the coasts.

NCMS advises all to take care in case of poor visibility due to blowing dust, raised sand, and the rainfall. It also warns mariners to avoid going to sea during this period due to the rough waves, especially during cloud activity.



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