Pictures: Barada River overflows in Eastern Ghouta and floods more than 200 dunums

Written By كنان نصر on 2015/04/20

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">Arabiaweather.com - With the start of the snow melting period on the mountains of Lebanon and Qalamoun, and after a distinguished season during which heavy rains fell in large quantities (approximately 850 mm in Sargaya, for example) and huge amounts of snow on the mountains, the most prominent of which was during the “Huda” storm in the first place and a storm. Jenny in the second degree. The water flowed with great force in the Fijah spring and the Barada River.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> With the return of life to the Barada River after this special season, the river overflowed in Eastern Ghouta and flooded more than 200 dunums of land. In an incident that did not happen in more than ten years.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It should be noted that the country is on a date with a cold and unusual depression at the end of this week, which will bring new large amounts of precipitation to the sources of the river (Lebanon Mountains and Qalamoun), and the April snows will again cover heights of 1400-1500 m and above, God willing.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> (Image source: Damascus Now page)</p>

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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