Mecca | 105.6 mm of rain fell on the city in just 5 minutes!

Written By سنان خلف on 2021/04/27

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.

Arab Weather - Sinan Khalaf - The city of Makkah al-Mukarramah witnessed today, Tuesday afternoon, an unusual rain of thunderstorms with abundance and high intensity, and the monitoring stations of the Saudi Geological Survey in the city of Makkah recorded huge amounts of rain amounting to 105.6 mm within only 5 minutes , which explains Floods raided some roads and residential neighborhoods.

 

Arab weather experts explained the severity of the rainy situation due to the presence of a cold upper basin in the eastern Mediterranean region in conjunction with the flow of wet currents from the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa towards the west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to the presence of some local factors such as the movement of the western winds and the high temperatures, which caused the emergence of cumulonimbus clouds Strong thunder and heavy rain fall like this.

 

See also |

Video | Heavy thunderstorms in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and torrents storm roads besieging vehicles , from here

 

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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