Overall Green alert Flood
in Saudi Arabia

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102599
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Saudi Arabia
From - To 28 Apr - 30 Apr

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Saudi Arabia, Late April 2024Heavy rain in late April 2024 caused flooding in several governorates of Saudi Arabia. Roads and vehicles were damaged. Saudi Civil Defence were called on to carry out flood rescues.Wed 1 May 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 46 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Storms over the past month in southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana have dumped more than 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rain in some areas, according to the National Weather Service . Of particular concern was an area along the San Jacinto Ri
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UNRWA heads to Arab world for funds2024-05-02T21:09+0200.

The Commissioner-General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting at U.N. Headquarters Wednesday, April 17, 2024 ( AP. UNRWA is now looking for new
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Will Dubai receive rain on Friday?2024-05-02T20:46+0200.

Since the record-breaking rains wreaked havoc across the country last month, residents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are curious whether the the gulf states would receive rainfall on Friday too. Speaking with Gulf News Thursday, a senio
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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),