Flooding continues across Saudi Arabia
Flooding continues across Saudi Arabia, inundating roads in Riyadh, Dammam and areas around Mecca and Medina. The roof of the outer structure of the Old Dahran Mosque, located on the grounds of King Fahd University, collapsed overnight.
Flooding continues across Saudi Arabia, inundating roads in Riyadh, Dammam and areas around Mecca and Medina.
The roof of the outer structure of the Old Dahran Mosque, located on the campus of King Fahd University, collapsed overnight.
Heavy rainfall has been intermittent in Saudi Arabia for several weeks and is a continuation of the region's heaviest rainfall in 75 years in mid-April. At that time, 21 people died in Oman and four in the UAE.
At the moment, heavy rains threaten Brazil. As of May 3, the number of people killed by floods across the country has reached 29, and 60 people are considered missing.
Metropoles reports that floods are observed in 213 cities in Brazil, and more than 10,000 people have been left homeless.
Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions is increasing the frequency and frequency of rainfall events, a team of scientists said in a study released last week.
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Floods occur every year in different parts of the world. We are used to taking messages on this topic for granted, we don't even pay attention. We believe that most floods have nothing to do with us because they happen in remote parts of the world. But it's time to put our heads down and think about it seriously, and prepare for the potential disasters that await us. Because we are all in the same boat - the floods that happened in UAE, Oman, Tanzania or China are also knocking on our door. We felt the impact of the recent floods in Russia and Kazakhstan.
