Torrential rains kill 48 in Saudi Arabia
18:57, 26 November 2009
ABU-DHABI. November 26. KAZINFORM. Heavy rains have left 48 people dead in a number of provinces in Saudi Arabia, the Al Riyadh paper said on Thursday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
Rains lashed Jeddah and the adjacent holy places of Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafath, where pilgrims spent their first day of Hajj on Wednesday.
Traffic in Jeddah, located 80 km (50 miles) west of Mecca, was logged, and the sewage system was severely affected; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.