المملكة: Urgent: 135 mm within 5 hours.. Jeddah records the highest rainfall in the Kingdom
Revealed National Center of Meteorology – Exceptional amounts of precipitation exceeded the usual rates by a large margin.
According to the official monitoring stations, Jeddah ranked first among the cities with the highest level of precipitation Rainacross the Kingdom within just five hours; The Al-Jawhara Stadium station recorded 135 mm.
While it was 81 mm at the Basateen District station, and 51 mm at the King Abdulaziz Airport station, an indicator that confirms the severity of the weather condition and the wide scope of its impact on neighborhoods and vital facilities.
Withdrawal of water pools
From the first moments of the rainy situation, the municipality raised its readiness and mobilized its field teams within the scope of 11 sub-municipalities and 15 support centers, with support With a manpower of 7,160 individuals and a fleet of 1,621 pieces of equipment and machinery.
The operations focused on removing water pools and improving the flow of movement in the main streets and axes, in addition to operating and maintaining rainwater drainage networks and mobile and fixed pumps, doubling the readiness of the equipment, and receiving residents’ reports through official channels, while submitting successive field reports in coordination with various relevant authorities.
Infrastructure projects Infrastructure
This coincided with the continuation of the implementation of infrastructure projects within the rainwater drainage program, as the current system – along with the canals and lifting stations being implemented – contributed to enhancing the networks’ ability to absorb large quantities of rainwater, and this was reflected in improving the flow of water in several locations and reducing the effects of gatherings in varying areas of the governorate.
The Jeddah Municipality expressed its appreciation for the residents’ cooperation in supporting field efforts, stressing the importance of staying away from water gathering sites and avoiding electrical power sources. In the interest of safety.
The secretariat called for reporting emergency cases and observations through the “Baladi” application or through the Unified Reports Center (940).
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