We all know that Jeddah is bad in the time of rains but not this bad !!! . It has been raining for the last three days at the western province of Saudi Arabia, here in Medina it was beautiful and lovely -thank god no accidents were recorded- a bit worse in Mecca but the worst was in Jeddah where between 77 and 83 have been dead . Ironically most of the dead were non-Saudis and the poor, even death know how to discriminate. lots of head should be rolling the following days , lots of unfaithful and corrupted officials, but i am not optimistic about that, they keep gambling on our forgetting nature. There are some warning today that more rain will fall on Jeddah,Mecca and Medina. Allah yestor . May Allah protect the people of Jeddah and take care of them . Ameen.
For more on the incidents there, here are some links: http://saudijeans.org/2009/11/26/jeddah-disaster/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8380501.stm http://saudiaggie.blogspot.com/2009/11/rain-in-thuwal-and-lots-of-it.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2009/11/091126_ss_saudi_floods_tc2.shtml (in Arabic )
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2009/11/091127_wb_suadia_rain_tc2.shtml (in Arabic )
And these are more pictures about what happened (pictues taken from Alsharq alawsat newspaper and الشبكة الليبرالية السعودية and alwatan newspaper) http://www.montdiatna.com:8686/forum/showthread.php?t=125457
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I read about this yesterday. How sad that so many died as a result of flooding streets. Ugh. I guess they aren't used to this much rain in your area, huh? Very sad.
BalasHapusOh my goodness, this is so terrible! Rain can be so destructive when it comes down like this in a place where the infrastructure isn't geared towards heavy rains ....
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Susanne, indeed very sad, and it's not about rain as much as corruption, things that should have been done years ago and projects that have been announced but none happened, that's why the flooding streets killed many people !!!
BalasHapusAnonymous, well said.
Faith, i am not from Jeddah, i am from Medina and thanx God we didn't have any thing like this. and thanx for your beautiful wishes dear :)
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BalasHapusGosh that is terrible! May god bless their souls :( plus Jeddah people drive crazily, should be more careful during rains!
BalasHapusc, the problem in Saudi Arabia, is that people tend to go out in the rain when it falls, so you figure. God Bless their souls, Ameen
BalasHapus3 days? omg thats a lot of rain in KSA.
BalasHapusoraying for you all in KSA
angie, it was and is bad situation in Jeddah, may god help them .
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