The heavy rains caused the flooding of several areas in Saudi cities, including Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, and Jeddah, and video scenes showed the flooding of streets and neighborhoods and the flow of torrents in them, while the Civil Defense announced that a warning had been issued from the national platform to warn of heavy rains.

Hours ago, the Civil Defense called on citizens and residents to adhere to procedural instructions, and warned against going out during the rain except for necessity, in order to avoid accidents and injuries.

The Civil Defense calls on citizens and residents to abide by the procedural instructions, and warns against going out during the rain except for necessity, in order to avoid accidents and injuries.

- Saudi News (@ SaudiNews50) January 3, 2023

Urgent 🔴 .. Civil Defense

An alert was issued from the National Early Warning Platform for Emergency Situations using cellular broadcasts in Jeddah Governorate to warn of heavy rain.

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Kingdom Holidays (@KSAEJ1) January 1, 2023

The official spokesman for the General Directorate of Civil Defense, Colonel Muhammad Al-Hammadi, said that there is a state of continuous instability, calling on everyone to adhere to the instructions of the Civil Defense and not to go out unless absolutely necessary.

#Sabah_Saudi Arabia |

Colonel Muhammad Al-Hammadi: The state of instability continues. We ask everyone to adhere to the instructions of the Civil Defense and not to go out unless absolutely necessary.

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- Sabah Al-Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 (@SabahAlsaudiah) January 3, 2023

Video clips documented the flooding of several streets and areas in Jeddah, Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, as well as scenes of rock fall coinciding with heavy rains in one of the city’s streets.

⛔️ The


streets of #Al-Madinah Al-Munawrah now,


Imam Al-Bukhari Road in Al-Azizia


has become a valley with heavy rain ⛈ pic.twitter.com/ZMPfWsBRdT

- Osama Al-Harbi (@osamafilm) January 2, 2023

As a result of the heavy rains, torrential rains swept the streets of various regions of Saudi cities, and led to the drowning of some parked cars, and water entering the shops.

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A frightening scene of rocks falling


these moments with the very heavy rain


in # Madinah ..


Thank God for their safety ♥️# City_Rain pic.twitter.com/PtzSeiTcio

- Osama Al-Harbi (@osamafilm) January 2, 2023

And the Saudi Civil Defense announced the launch of an alert from the national platform for early warning in emergencies, using cellular broadcasts over the Jeddah governorate to warn of heavy rains, and called on citizens to take caution and stay in a safe place.

#For your safety..


Be careful when it rains.

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- Saudi Civil Defense (@SaudiDCD) January 1, 2023

For his part, the National Center of Meteorology announced warnings in Medina and Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and the head of the center, Ayman Ghulam, said that the Kingdom’s weather is unstable, with the possibility of rain.

Live video 🚁

The blessed Valley of Al-Aqiq is like a flowing river


that makes its way in the middle of #


Madinah_Al


-Munawwarah.

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- Osama Al-Harbi (@osamafilm) January 3, 2023

The center issued warnings to citizens in light of the weather fluctuations in most regions of the Kingdom, including avoiding areas exposed to torrential rains in the event of rain, staying at home and adhering to official warnings.

⛔️ What is


happening in #Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah now is a terrible


thing, very heavy rain,


we ask God


for the best of it.

- Osama Al-Harbi (@osamafilm) January 2, 2023

The Jeddah Education Department announced the suspension of attendance studies today in the schools of Jeddah, Arbagh and Khulais, and the transfer of school hours through the “Madrasati” platform, based on reports received from the National Center of Meteorology.

Historic floods # Jeddah now


, may God compensate them pic.twitter.com/2TiZJH5ZbJ

- Al Jazeera weather (@taqs01) January 1, 2023

Madinah Education also issued a statement suspending urban studies today, Tuesday and tomorrow, Wednesday, and several universities in Madinah suspended urban studies in their official headquarters.

And the Saudi News account on Twitter published the latest updates related to the study, and quoted weather analyst Aqil Al-Aqeel as saying that the Kingdom had not witnessed such heavy rain in 4 years.

Part of the rain in the capital, Riyadh, at dawn today.

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- Saudi News (@ SaudiNews50) January 3, 2023

The page also posted video clips of the rain that fell during the past hours.