I have
always thought of the massive rain in this town (Zahran Al Janoub) in 1982-83
as a global consequence of the El Nino weather phenomenon but I wanted to be
sure so I did few clicks in search of info…and voila; I found this.
El Niño
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is thought that there have been at least 30 El Niño
events since 1900, with the 1982-83, 1997–98 and 2014–16 events among the
strongest on record.[35][36] Since 2000, El Niño events have been observed in
2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10 and 2015–16.[35]
(Take note in the above the dates 1982-83 and 2014-16 being
the strongest)
The freakish weather in 1982-83 virtually dissolved the
government hospital where I worked. After the rain; workers patched the leaks
at the roof deck. The following year, again came the freak storms and weeks of
rain that caused the hospital roof deck to fall forcing the government to order
the staffs to abandon ship.
More than 40 bridges (according to an engineer friend) between
the highland city of Abha and Jizzan along the red sea coast were washed away
by rampaging flood waters.
In 15 years; the government had moved the hospital twice
renting buildings in town to house the hospital, offices and the nurses’ hostel.
In 2001; a new hospital (which had been in construction for more than 10 years)
finally opened to the public. A new 200 bed hospital is presently under
construction in another part of the town.
A WITNESS TO FREAK OF
NATURE
The Day After
The Day After
I have never witnessed this when i was there in the late 80's to the mid 90's. Thanks Allah that from all these you have been kept safe. Stay as such dr. k and company. May Allah always guide and keep you all healthy and blessed.
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