The last time the weather was like this in the Assir region of Saudi Arabia was in 1981-82 when 40 bridges between the high land city of Abha and coastal city of Jazan were washed away by rampaging flash floods. We have to abandon our hospital when it virtually buckled under heavy rains for months two years in a row forcing the government to move the hospital to a hotel it had to rent. It took the government 15 years to build a new hospital. Is there a 30 years weather cycle in this region of Saudi Arabia?
Heavy rains in Asir forces roads to be closed
By MD AL-SULAMI & MD HUMAIDAN
Published: Apr 11, 2012 01:11 Updated: Apr 11, 2012 01:11
There is a possibility of unstable weather in most parts of the Kingdom today, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment said in a forecast yesterday. A man reportedly died in Asir while a number of roads have been closed as a result of heavy rains.
The PME and the Civil Defense Department have urged citizens and residents to be cautious about flashfloods caused by rains.
Hussein Al-Qahtani, spokesman of PME, said the unstable weather would continue until tomorrow (Thursday) and would cover Tabuk in the north right through to Jazan in the south as well as Makkah and Madinah and their coastal areas.
He also cautioned the public about the possibility of heavy rains accompanied by fresh winds and low visibility in most of these regions. The height of waves in the Red Sea and Gulf is likely to reach 1.5 meters.
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