Heavy Rains Causes Flood and School Class Suspension
Riyadh experienced heavy rains on Saturday night, November 16, 2013. I am out at the street when the heavy rains pours and I could say that I saw lots of flooded street. It is good that I am not stranded in the middle of Riyadh. The rains last for about 2 hours. There are some reported flooded underpass as shown in different tweets. Some of the photos I saw in social media sites can been see below for information use. The owner of the pictures are unknown and we don’t take credit for this pictures.
This morning, according to our school administrator, the Ministry of Education announced that schools class is suspended today. I believed it is a good decision because there will be lots of closed street due to floods. Last night Riyadh citizens can here police sirens after the rain. It only shows the fast response of police and other government authorities in times like this. Hope everybody is safe..
Picture sources : captured from twitter
Some Tweets about the Riyadh Rain
صورة من احد شوارع #الرياض الليلة الماضية بعد امطار غزيرة. مصلحة الارصاد الحكومية تتوقع استمرار هطول الامطار الاحد pic.twitter.com/orlBrxZmvN
— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) November 17, 2013
Heavy rainfall hits Saudi capital Riyadh http://t.co/gInIU2tXIi via @AlArabiya_Eng
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) November 16, 2013
More #Flooding in #Riyadh. They just cancelled schools for tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/WZd8fPde7e
— Abdullah Mohiuddin (@NidalM) November 16, 2013
#Saudi capital Riyadh this evening, experiencing a little rainfall !!! pic.twitter.com/CDQNQpfxVu
— Mark (@Mark_ArabicMark) November 16, 2013
#Video of lightning striking Al-Faisaliya Tower in #Riyadh earlier this evening. pic.twitter.com/AtOqdvVnF6
— Arab News (@Arab_News) November 16, 2013
Situation in Riyadh likely to get worse: More than 3mm of rain expected at 3am #أمطار_الرياض pic.twitter.com/lQkj62ePuJ
— Ahmed Al Omran (@ahmed) November 16, 2013
Flippin’ eck! RT @matthewteller: Today’s most hair-raising video https://t.co/zoqT9D7tnj v @ahmed #Riyadh
— Peter Gibbs (@PeterG_Weather) November 16, 2013
