Disrupting official working hours in Iraq due to weather conditions

Written By هشام جمال on 2023/03/27

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.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - On Sunday, the Iraqi government granted its employees a holiday for Monday due to &quot;bad weather,&quot; according to the Iraqi News Agency, according to the Haberni website.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers said in a statement published by the agency, &quot;The Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia&#39;a Al-Sudani, directed the suspension of official working hours for tomorrow, Monday, due to bad weather, with the exception of security and service institutions.&quot;</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Iraqi social media circulated pictures and videos of what appeared to be streets filled with rain water, in a rainy situation that began on Sunday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A blogger said that large hailstones smashed car windows in Diwaniyah Governorate.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Al-Taghyeer channel published a video of what it said was a flooded street in Najaf Governorate.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A video blogger posted, saying that it was a street in Samawah that appeared to be filled with rainwater.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Iraqi Meteorological Authority said, &quot;The rain wave will continue until Monday evening, and it will be heavy to moderate.&quot;</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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