RIYADH — The General Directorate of Civil Defense has issued a cautionary notice urging the public to remain vigilant and stay in safe places due to expected thunderstorms affecting most regions of the Kingdom from Saturday until Wednesday.
The (...)
ABHA — Rain in the Asir Region has created a picturesque backdrop for the blooming Jacaranda trees, renowned in the city of Abha and other parts of the region during spring and early summer.
Tourists and visitors are consistently captivated by the (...)
RIYADH — Temperatures started rising in various parts of Saudi Arabia with the end of the spring season and beginning of the summer season.
Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Eastern Province recorded the highest temperatures, reaching 41 degrees Celsius on (...)
RIYADH — Heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms, lashed in Al-Qassim, Eastern Province, Riyadh, and Madinah regions of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and Wednesday. Flash floods inundated roads and underpasses and many vehicles submerged in flood waters (...)
DAMMAM — Eng. Mahmoud Abdulhadi, deputy minister of tourism for destination enablement, revealed that the cost of government fees in the hospitality sector decreased by 22 percent in the current year. "The Tourism Investment Enablers Program (TIEP) (...)
JEDDAH — There will be an increased rate of heavy rainfall along the western coast of the Red Sea and the eastern side of the Kingdom along the Arabian Gulf coast and the southwestern regions in future, according to the findings of a climate (...)
DAMMAM — Moderate to heavy rainfall, accompanied by high-speed winds, hailstones, and torrential rain, witnessed in many cities and governorates of the Eastern Province on Monday amid forecast of the possibility of extending rain depression, which (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi General Directorate of Civil Defense has urged the public to take utmost caution and vigil amid forecast of thunderstorms that likely to hit most Saudi regions from Sunday till Wednesday.
The directorate called on the people in (...)
JAZAN — The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program, known as 'Reef Saudi,' is making strides in enhancing the Kingdom's coffee sector.
With an initial investment of SR61 million since 2020, the program has benefited 3,718 individuals (...)
JEDDAH — The General Directorate of Civil Defense has issued a warning urging the public to exercise caution and stay in safe places away from areas prone to flash floods, waterlogged areas, and valleys.
Swimming in these locations is strongly (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources has announced the issuance of 118 new industrial licenses in February 2024, marking a significant investment in the Kingdom's industrial sector valued at SR1.88 billion.
The licenses span (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Heritage Commission has approved the documentation of 70 new archaeological sites in the National Antiquities Register.
This brings the total number of the registered archaeological and historical sites to 8,917 in various regions (...)
ABHA — Heavy to moderate rain and showers of hail witnessed most parts of the southern Asir region from Sunday morning.
Heavy rain was experienced in most of the governorates and cities of the region, including the cities of Abha and Khamis Mushayt, (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Culture announced the launch of a landmark project to map and document the historic Saudi sites where renowned Arab poets of the pre-Islamic era lived or were associated with them throughout history.
The project will (...)
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Civil Defense stated that weather fluctuations and rainfall would continue in most regions of Saudi Arabia from Thursday until Monday (March 21-25).
The directorate urged the public to be cautious of inclement (...)
RIYADH — Riyadh, Jeddah and some other Saudi cities witnessed moderate to heavy rain on Monday. The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) issued a red alert of heavy rainfall in a number of governorates in the northern Tabuk region, accompanied by (...)
RIYADH — Rainfall around the normal rate is likely to be experienced in most regions of Saudi Arabia during the current spring season, according to the forecast of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM). These regions would not include parts of (...)
RIYADH — No one was hurt as a pedestrian bridge collapsed after hitting a poclain crane, carrying heavy equipment, on Prince Sultan Road in Khamis Mushait in the southern Asir region on Monday. The video of the accident went viral on social media (...)
RIYADH — In a recent report by the Ministry of Commerce, it was revealed that the number of commercial records for institutions and companies owned by women reached 476,040 by the end of 2023, highlighting the increasing role of women in the (...)
RIYADH — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has forecasted that most regions in the Kingdom will experience weather fluctuations starting Saturday and continuing until next Tuesday.
The center has issued warnings of moderate thunderstorms (...)
RIYADH — Waleed Al-Ibrahim, chairman of the Board of Directors of the MBC Group and Al Arabiya Network, announced that the MBC Group is working on a giant project that aims to document the history of Saudi Arabia, starting from the first Saudi state (...)
ABHA — The Saudi Heritage Commission announced on Monday its most significant discovery in the archaeological site of Jurash in the southern Asir region.
The excavations that continued during its 15th season in 2023 culminated in the discovery of (...)
RIYADH — Rainfall was experienced in eight Saudi regions during the 24 hours from 9:00 am on Saturday until 9:00 am on Sunday. These regions include Riyadh, Makkah, Al-Qassim, Eastern Province, Asir, Hail, Northern Border Region and Al-Baha.
The (...)
JEDDAH — Hussein Al-Qahtani, spokesperson for the National Center for Meteorology, announced that Jeddah recorded a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius at dawn Friday.
Through his account on the X platform, Al-Qahtani revealed that the lowest (...)
JEDDAH — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) predicted that weather fluctuations, featuring light and moderate rainfall, dusty surface wind, high waves, light snowfall, and low temperatures, would continue hitting most regions of the Kingdom (...)