Floods Batter Saudi Arabia, Prompt Suspension of In-Person Classes
Dramatic footage circulating on X, the social media platform owned by American entrepreneur Elon Musk, captured raging floodwaters tearing through the streets of the Saudi capital following an intense downpour late Saturday night.
The National Center for Meteorology confirmed that heavy rainfall over Riyadh would persist into early Sunday, though forecasters indicated the worst of the storm was expected to gradually subside.
As the deluge continued, the Saudi Civil Defense issued an urgent warning, calling on residents in both Riyadh and the Eastern Province to remain vigilant and comply strictly with official safety directives.
A Saudi state broadcaster reported that in-person instruction was halted Sunday across multiple higher education and secondary institutions, among them Al-Baha University, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Khalid University.
The disruption was not entirely unexpected — the kingdom's meteorological authority had already sounded the alarm Thursday, cautioning that the majority of Saudi regions would face moderate to heavy rainfall stretching through Tuesday.
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