Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: FLOODS
Deaths from heavy monsoon rise to nearly 140 in eastern India
:: The death toll in eastern India from torrential late monsoon rains has risen to nearly 140, officials said Tuesday as hospitals and schools were inundated with dirty rainwater. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the current monsoon has
U.S. Midwest braces for more flooding as rain-swollen rivers rise
Missouri and Illinois were bracing for more flooding on Thursday as rain-swollen rivers, some at record heights, overflowed their banks, washing out hundreds of structures and leaving thousands of people displaced from their homes. Days of downpours from a winter
Britain sends in more troops after ‘unprecedented’ floods
Britain’s government said Sunday it will send more troops to tackle ‘unprecedented’ flooding in northern England which has forced hundreds to flee their homes, including in the historic tourist city of York. Prime Minister David Cameron made the announcement after
Floods hit parts of England as government scrambles to respond
Heavy rains triggered floods in parts of northern England on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes and the deployment of army personnel to shore up overwhelmed defenses. Lancashire in northwest England and Yorkshire in the northeast were the
3 of a family swept away by rainwater in Madinah
A man, his wife, and his mother drowned during floods in Madinah on Thursday. The mother’s body has been found but those of the man and his wife are still missing, according to a source from Madinah Civil Defense. The
18 die in India hospital as floods cut off power
Severe floods that have hit the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu killed 18 hospital patients this week after rainwaters knocked out generators and switched off ventilators, officials said Saturday. State authorities were investigating complaints of negligence by officials at
Tamil Nadu floods: Death toll hits 269; 2,000 evacuated
The Indian military evacuated more than 2,000 residents stranded in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Thursday as the death toll from flooding rose to 269 after the heaviest cloudburst in over a century. Forecasts of more rain over
More rains forecast for flood-hit southern India
The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced to leave their submerged homes and schools, offices and a regional airport shut for a second day Thursday.
More Rains Expected in Jeddah
Despite many deaths and damages from floods caused by rainfall in 2009 and 2011 and as recent as last month, the city of Jeddah is yet to see a fully operational rainwater drainage system. Studies conducted on the drainage system
Heavy rains flood Doha and bring Qatar to near standstill
Qatar was hit by more than a year’s worth of rain in a matter of hours on Wednesday, almost bringing the country to a standstill and prompting the country’s prime minister to order an inquiry. The deluge in Doha blocked
Six children among 12 killed in Saudi flooding
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense says thunderstorms and flooding along the Red Sea coast have claimed the lives of 12 people over the past two days, half of them children. The toll rose on Wednesday as authorities confirmed more deaths in
Bodies of 2 girls missing in Turaif floods found
Civil Defense found on Saturday evening the two Saudi girls who went missing following the car in which the girls and their family were traveling was swept away from a valley that was struck by a flash flood. The incident
Typhoon Koppu death toll hits 54 in the Philippines
The death toll from a ferocious typhoon in the Philippines climbed to 54 on Thursday, as home-wrecking floods shifted downstream to coastal villages, displacing tens of thousands of residents. Inundations from torrential weekend rains in mountain regions caused by Typhoon
Death toll rises to five after Japan flood
The number of people who died in floods which devastated Japan this week reached five Sunday as rescuers continued their search for more than a dozen still missing. Police said they found the body of a 68-year-old man in Tochigi,
Over 1,000 flee as typhoon threatens northern Philippines
More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges, government agencies warned on Sunday. The storm’s movement has slowed slightly but it has also strengthened
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