Snowstorm Alexa Comprehensive statistics and figures for Snowstorm and its consequences

Weather of Arabia - Today we remember the blizzard "Alexa", which started affecting the region with the dawn hours of Thursday 12-12-2013, after which heavy and extensive snow fell,

Beginning of December 2013:

The first days of the month of December 2013 were autumn, and witnessed a rise in temperatures to the beginning of the twenties centigrade in most Jordanian regions .. However, these autumn weather conditions were only a prelude to the first air depression visiting the Kingdom at the end of the first week of the month of December, as it resulted from This low air, heavy rain precipitation in all regions of the north and central of the Kingdom .. After this blizzard, Alexa was introduced with the eleventh of December to bring more heavy rain to all regions accompanied by strong winds.

Alexa blizzard:

Snowstorm began to affect Thursday morning all the mountainous hills in Jordan, and its impact increased dramatically during Friday and Saturday, to be the strongest snowstorm in the month of December since the start of Jordanian climate records, and the strongest since the February 2003 storm that swept the north and central of the Kingdom, including The capital, Amman, was very strong, while the most powerful storm was in all regions of the Kingdom since the one that struck the kingdom at the end of February 1992, which exceeded Alexa by a few folds, especially in the highlands of the south.

Comprehensive statistics for Alexa blizzard on the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan:

• More than 4,000 people rescued by the civil defense were trapped in snow and rain
• 150,000 cars stuck in the capital, Amman, on Friday night / Saturday 13-14 / December
• 294 cases of house sinking in all regions of the Kingdom.
• More than 500 health accidents ranged from suffocation, fractures and burns.
• 301 dialysis cases, all successfully completed by the grace of God Almighty.
• 180 births, some of which took place inside the civil defense cars.
• More than 1000 forest wealth losses, with an average age of more than 100 years.
• 366 trees impeded the citizens' movement, and they were removed by the Ministry of Agriculture.
• 360 heavy vehicles operating in the capital, Amman, and its environs.
• 40% was for homes that cut off electricity in all regions of the kingdom.
• Increased dam water by 124 million cubic meters, covering various dams of the Kingdom.
• Economic losses estimated at 195 million dinars during the three-day snowstorm period.
• Increasing the demand for bread by 50% in all regions of the Kingdom.
• Waste accumulated in the streets estimated at 3000 tons in the capital, Amman, and its environs.
• 20 delayed flights, some landing at other airports.
• 150 dinars, the highest price we accepted by taxi was from the airport to the capital, Amman.
• The number of public holidays was two in all regions of the Kingdom.
• The study was held in all public and private universities for a period of 6 days.
• Freezing formed for 4 nights in various parts of the Kingdom.
• The lowest minimum temperature reached 16 ° - recorded in the Shoubak observatory in Ma'an Governorate
• The lowest maximum temperature is -1.5 ° and recorded at the Shura Mountains monitoring station.
• The highest snow accumulation in Jordan was 183 cm, recorded at the Ras Munif monitoring station in Ajloun governorates.
• The highest snow accumulation in Amman was 85 cm, recorded at Sweileh monitoring station.
• The lowest snowfall is 200 meters in Aqaba Governorate.
• The highest amount of rains is 214 mm, recorded at the Salt Monitoring Station in Al Balqa Governorate.
• The highest wind speed of 127 km / h was recorded at the Salt Monitoring Station in Al Balqa Governorate.
• The number of hours in the Arab Weather team is 150 hours during the week.
• The number of visitors to the Arab Weather website 824 thousand visitors from Jordan.
• The number of visits of Arab Weather website 2.3 million visits from Jordan.
• The average time spent browsing 6 minutes from Jordanian visitors to the Arab Weather website.
• Views of the site pages are 9.7 million views from Jordanian visitors to the Arab Weather website.
• The number of video viewers is 432 thousand, watched on the Arab Weather channel on YouTube.

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