[gallery size="medium" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" td_gallery_title_input="Rain wreaks havoc in Jazan villages" ids="76481,76479,76480"] JAZAN — Prince Muhammad Bin Nasser, emir of Jazan province, personally surveyed damage caused by floods on the villages located in the Shahdan Valley course. He checked on the condition of citizens affected by the floods. Prince Muhammad directed top officials, including the governor of Sabya and directors of Roads and Transport, Civil Defense, Road Security and Traffic Department to monitor the situation closely and take all necessary precautionary measures to safeguard the lives of citizens and protect their properties. Work is going on to facilitate the flow of vehicles on Abu Al-Qaaed Bridge, which links Sabya with the International Road. Rockslides Acting Mayor of Jazan Ibrahim Al-Khayyat and the chairman and members of the Municipal Council inspected on Friday affected districts to assess the damage due to the downpour that lashed the province last week. They were briefed on the difficulties citizens are facing due to the heavy rainfall, including debris and rocks blocking several roads. The rockslides on Mount Said roads caused the residents of the Athwan village to be stranded for six hours following the downpour on Al-Dayer governorate on Thursday. Civil Defense and Al-Dayer Municipality teams attended to the areas ravaged by the heavy rainfall and exerted great efforts to reopen roads to traffic by removing the debris and boulders that had slid onto the roads. Governor of Al-Dayer Bani Malik Muhammad Al-Shamarani supervised the situation on the ground following rockslides on Mount Habs triggered by heavy rainfall. He issued directives to form an urgent committee to check the status of rockslide sites and remove boulders from roads. Al-Shamarani stressed that the damage was not as serious as was circulated on social media sites. He added that there are preparations in case rainfall continues in the coming days. Roads swept away in Faifa The heavy rainfall that lashed Jabal Faifa on Thursday night swept away several roads and cut the western part of the governorate from rest of the country. The downpour triggered rockslides, disrupting traffic flow on King Abdullah, Al-Faghou and Bardan roads. Teams from the Civil Defense and Faifa Municipality worked hard to reopen the roads to traffic by removing the rocks. The Civil Defense warned motorists on the hazards rockslides can pose and called on them to drive only in cases of emergency when it rains.
