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Flash flood in Saudi Arabia

#1 Postby Crostorm » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:01 am

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section ... ry=Kingdom
90 mm of rain, which is more than the total annual amount for that city. Annual average is 67 mm. The largest part of the annual amount of rain is in November (25 mm) and December (31 mm). Period from June to October is dry, without rain.


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#2 Postby Cyclenall » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:05 pm

Those are some incredible pictures! :eek: Reminds me of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami the way all those cars and debris are all mangled up in a bunch.
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Re: Jeddah flood toll 106

#3 Postby vbhoutex » Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:22 pm

WOW!! There has been no mention of this in the news about this.
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Re: Jeddah flood toll 106

#4 Postby jinftl » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:33 pm

Some more photos...these are unbelievable....after just seeing the Anthony Bourdain "No Reservations" episode where he visits Jeddah, I am particularly shocked at what I am finding in terms of reports of damage and loss of life from the deluge of rain. It is easy to forget that there are coastal locations in this area of the world.

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What is interesting....there is already chatter of threatend lawsuits against officials for not preparing adequately for such an event. Hmm...where have we heard that before?
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=11 ... =351020205
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Re: Jeddah flood toll 106

#5 Postby vbhoutex » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:53 pm

We have friends that are working in SA. I don't think they are in Jeddah though. Nothing on facebook about it from them so I consider that hopeful for my concern. I can't believe those pictures!!
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Re: Jeddah flood toll 106

#6 Postby Crostorm » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:24 pm

Also this year floods in Jeddah

Jeddah Destructive Flood: Ten dead, three missing in Jeddah floods
http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=223088

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzgder3K7Iw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ4u7pK4ASc[/youtube]
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Re: Again flood in Jeddah

#7 Postby Macrocane » Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:36 pm

:eek: Impressive videos, the waters can be cheating, if it wasn't for the cars you would think that they're not very strong.
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Re: Again flood in Jeddah

#8 Postby vbhoutex » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:40 pm

Looks to me like they need to do something about drainage infrastructure in Jeddah. Unless the rains are very rare once in a lifetime events(2 years in a row?).
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Re: Again flood in Jeddah

#9 Postby Crostorm » Thu May 02, 2013 3:11 am

Also this year floods in

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPl_soJ-SZ4[/youtube]
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Re: Again flood in Jeddah

#10 Postby wxman57 » Thu May 02, 2013 5:53 am

90mm is only about 3.6". We had 7.5" in 2-3 hours earlier this week and had only minor street flooding in my neighborhood. They must not have any drains at all there. Nowhere for the water to go.
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Re: Again flood in Jeddah

#11 Postby Crostorm » Thu May 02, 2013 9:47 am

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Re: Again flood in Jeddah

#12 Postby Crostorm » Fri May 03, 2013 4:37 am

Here is the satelite image from Modis

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Near Hafar Al-Batin

Desert transformed to river

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King Fahad Dam (Sadh Malik Fahad) in Bishah is the biggest dam in Saudi Arabia with a capacity of 325 million cubic meter. It colapsed

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arabiaweather.com
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#13 Postby artist » Mon May 06, 2013 6:51 am

Wow!
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