Weather Story Program - Episode Eight - Kuwait Floods

2022-04-03 2022-04-03T10:48:13Z
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Arab Weather - A weather story program, a story program that tells the most important weather events that affected the countries of the Arab world during the previous years.

 

The rainy season for the year 2018/2019 was a strong season for many Arab countries, as many of them witnessed heavy rains, torrential rains and floods, which led to significant deaths during this year.

 

This episode of the Arab Weather program talks about an Arab country that was exposed to a series of rains and floods, specifically in November of the year 2018, the State of Kuwait.

 

 

The State of Kuwait in the year 2018:

During 2018, Kuwait was subjected to a series of continuous and almost weekly torrential rains, exceptional weather conditions and large amounts of rain.

 

On 9-November-2018 in Kuwait:

  • Kuwait and the eastern regions of Saudi Arabia were affected by a strong state of atmospheric instability, strong thunderstorms formed in various regions and mainly affected Kuwait.
  • During 6 hours, the equivalent of 111 mm of rain fell, and this figure means that the entire rainy season for Kuwait City fell in only 6 hours.
  • The large amount of rain led to the formation of torrential torrents on the roads, which led to the injury of 500 people and the occurrence of one death due to rain and strong torrential rain.
  • Government departments and institutions in the country have been suspended.
  • The Ministry of Interior called on citizens to take the utmost care and caution in dealing with heavy rain and torrential rain.

 

See also:

 

Weather Story Program - Episode Seven - Alexa Storm

 

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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