Flooding In Saudi Arabia 2024. The rains began late on monday 15 april 2024, intensified the following morning and the storms continued throughout tuesday, affecting the united arab emirates, bahrain, qatar, saudi arabia and oman. Heavy rainfall since october 27, 2024, has led to severe flooding across saudi arabia, with mecca among the worst affected areas.
Two people have died in floods that swept across saudi arabia’s coastal city of jeddah on thursday due to record rain levels. A view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall between sand dunes in the desert town of merzouga, near rachidia, southeastern morocco on october 2, 2024.