At least seven people, including two children, have died in the last 24 hours by heavy rains that have flooded the region of Medina in western Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Civil Defense.
The rescue organization said on its official Twitter account that his teams saved 82 people trapped in their cars on flooded areas.
He also rescued the inhabitants of two homes, which were transferred to a shelter, and served a total of twenty complaints of electrical short circuits in Medina.
Yesterday, two people died electrocuted by torrential rains in the port city of Jeddah, also in the west of the kingdom.
Civil Defense asked the population to remain in their homes and off the streets only in cases of extreme necessity to ensure safety.
For its part, the Department of Meteorology and Environmental Protection said in a statement yesterday that the bad weather will last until today, especially in the regions of Hael (north), Al Qasim (center) and the area north of Riyadh .
In the years 2010 and 2011, caused heavy losses in temporary public and private property in Jeddah, with floods that swept cars and destroyed bridges and houses.
The situation generated widespread outrage in the population by the poor infrastructure in the oil-rich country that spends a lot on service projects.