Video | A state of paralysis in Kuwait after heavy rains, floods and closures of roads and tunnels

Written By سنان خلف on 2022/01/02

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - The Ministry of Works in the State of Kuwait announced this morning, Sunday, January 2, 2021, the closure of a number of bridges, tunnels and streets due to the heavy rain that fell on Kuwait during the hours of yesterday evening and last night.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Works in Kuwait, the Al-Manqaf tunnel was closed, specifically the entire path towards Fahaheel, and was preceded by the closure of part of the same tunnel on the road coming from Kuwait to Fahaheel, due to the accumulation of rainwater despite the efforts of the crews in the process of removing the accumulated water.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The attached clips show the huge amounts of rain that fell on Kuwait and the flooding of many areas:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Khaitan now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... Rain_Kuwait</a> <a href="https://t.co/6ZDat2zggp">pic.twitter.com/6ZDat2zggp</a></p> — Hany mohamed (@hany1934) <a href="https://twitter.com/hany1934/status/1477559911529787392?ref_src=twsrc%5E... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The streets were completely submerged in the area of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... /> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=has... Kuwait</a> <a href="https://t.co/iPiw8Jwz1X">pic.twitter.com/iPiw8Jwz1X</a></p> - The platform (@mnsah_kw) <a href="https://twitter.com/mnsah_kw/status/1477548133341188097?ref_src=twsrc%5E... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=has... || Video | Al-Ghazali Tunnel sank.. A stranded <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... was rescued.</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... #Rain_Kuwait</a> <a href="https://t.co/YnRiMa9sWs">pic.twitter.com/YnRiMa9sWs</a></p> - Bukhaled News (@e3arbnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/e3arbnews/status/1477573788610883585?ref_src=twsrc%5... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Drowned streets in the area <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%89?src=hash&amp;ref_sr... Salwa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... Amtar_aljer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... Amtar_alkwyt</a> <a href="https://t.co/ysW6muJDFr">pic.twitter.com/ysW6muJDFr</a></p> - Gulf News (@khalejianews) <a href="https://twitter.com/khalejianews/status/1477562826524921857?ref_src=twsr... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Assorted clips from the sinking of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=has... Kuwait</a> and areas of Sabah Al - Nasser and Al - Jahra and Salmi Shuwaikh and Jileeb the morning and Salwa Al - Farwaniya and circled the seventh bridge Ghazali and other central alert Works and Interior and Fire <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... Amtar_aljer</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=has... Kuwait</a> <a href="https://t.co/WrMgtFHlQz">pic.twitter.com/WrMgtFHlQz</a></p> The Fund (@alsundog) <a href="https://twitter.com/alsundog/status/1477550978488487938?ref_src=twsrc%5E... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88?src=hash&amp;... /<br /> I<br /> Heavy rain causes flooding of the streets of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=has... /> I<br /> Fire brigades deal with drowning cars on the Sixth Ring Road<br /> I<br /> Floods flood the number of areas in Kuwait and the streets<br /> I<br /> Paralysis of the fourth and fifth ring and the situation and Al-Ghazali and others<br /> # <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... Amtar_alkwyt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsr... rain</a><br /><br /> <a href="https://t.co/GMo17Nn1nx">pic.twitter.com/GMo17Nn1nx</a></p> - Parliamentary Network (@parliamentary0) <a href="https://twitter.com/parliamentary0/status/1477558996500418561?ref_src=tw... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Streets in southern Kuwait Fahaheel sank <a href="https://t.co/txz5hoFbJP">pic.twitter.com/txz5hoFbJP</a></p> — Kuwait and Gulf Weather Network (@q8_net_weather) <a href="https://twitter.com/q8_net_weather/status/1477565168443961346?ref_src=tw... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> direct<br /><br /> From the ancient Sabah Nasser <a href="https://t.co/QkRcjsqRYF">pic.twitter.com/QkRcjsqRYF</a></p> - Kurbaag (@kurbaag) <a href="https://twitter.com/kurbaag/status/1477554744247955457?ref_src=twsrc%5Et... 2, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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