Mecca Floods After Extreme Downpour (and Medina also)
The city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the holiest city in the Muslim religion, experienced heavy flooding on Monday after torrential downpours.
33 Commuters make their way through a flooded road after heavy rains in Mecca on January 6, 2-/AFP via Getty Images John Hayward7 Jan 2025460 2:38
Videos posted by Saudi citizens and media showed entire neighborhoods submerged, residents forming human chains to rescue children from flooded homes, trees swept away, and vehicles abandoned after stalling in deep water.
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“The UAE does have an operational cloud seeding program to enhance the rainfall in this arid part of the world. However, there is no technology in existence that can create or even severely modify this kind of rainfall event,” said Maarten Ambaum, professor of atmospheric physics at the University of Reading.
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