Serious flooding has hit parts of Saudi Arabia after a red rainfall warning was issued at the end of last week by the National Centre for Meteorology. The areas most seriously affected were in the north, specifically the provinces of Hail and al-Qassim and the far north of Ash Sharqiyah.
High rainfall totals, hailstorms and lightning were expected to come with heavy showers that moved in from the west. Typically, these parts of Saudi Arabia receive about 10-15mm of rainfall in December, with this falling across three to six days of the month. However, some meteorological models were suggesting rainfall totals of 20-50mm in places by the time the warning ended during the early hours of Saturday night.
