Rainwater floods a water course in Makkah where a 13-year-old Sudanese boy was swept away on Thursday night. Muhanned was reportedly playing in a park close to the edge of the channel when he dropped his mobile telephone into the waters and fell in attempting to retrieve it. Rescue services were immediately alerted but as of Friday afternoon no trace of the boy had been found. The flood waters resulting from the 90-minute rainstorm that hit the city on Thursday night also swept away cars and caused general destruction of property. – Okaz photos by Saleh Bahabi and Fahd Al
