Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Heavy rains lead to 50 people death in Saudi

Past four days of heavy rains has claimed the life of fifty people and injuring 385 in Saudi Arabia. Heavy rains and flooding have created havoc in Saudi. Around 250 people were rescued following flash flood in Bisha, Asir, on Saturday. Director of the Traffic General Administration, Major General Sulaiman Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Ajlan, have warned motorists to drive carefully after 4,596 traffic accidents were recorded due to the wet weather.
The air wing of the Civil Defense had received 2,100 distress calls from stranded people. Since Wednesday, heavy rains have disrupted normal like in Riyagh, Hail and Najran causing heavy flooding.

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