Video: The collapse of mud houses in the town of Ushaiqer, Riyadh, after the rain wave

Written By عمر الدجاني on 2013/11/20

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 - Omar Dajani - The ancient houses built of mud in the town of Ushaiqer in the Riyadh region - which is one of the towns of Shaqra Governorate - were destroyed after the heavy rains that fell in the region.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Where a video clip spread on YouTube shows a scene of one of the mud houses collapsing on 16-1-1435 AH, in an unfortunate scene, especially since these mud houses are testified that they have long endured the various climatic changes.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The site has not yet been able to fully verify the authenticity of the video clip.</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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