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Floods kill 12 people in Saudi Arabia: civil defence
RIYADH, Jan 30, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Twelve people have been killed in floods
after heavy rain lashed northern parts of Saudi Arabia this week, the civil
defence agency said on Wednesday.
Ten died in the northwestern city of Tabuk and one each in the holy city
of Medina and in northern border areas, the agency said in a statement cited
by the official SPA news agency.
Between Sunday and Wednesday, the agency had rescued 271 people from
flooded areas, more than half of them in Tabuk, the statement said.
Heavy downpours have hit several areas of Saudi Arabia this week, mainly
in western and northwestern parts of the kingdom close to the border with
Jordan.
A number of committees have been set up to assess the damage caused by the
bad weather, the agency said.
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