Rescue teams came to the aid of 30 persons who had become trapped by rising waters in a highway underpass in Dammam as rains hit the region on Saturday night. Five Saudis and 25 foreign workers were extracted from their vehicles in the underpass at the intersection of the King Fahd and Prince Naif roads, and water tankers and pumping equipment were sent out by the Mayor's Office to areas where drainage facilities were unable to cope with the amounts of water present. Emir of the Eastern Province Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz immediately ordered the formation of a committee to identify vulnerable areas and draw up a plan to mitigate damage. Residents in the city of Dammam said that large quantities of water had collected in some low-lying districts and had led to the closure of the King Fahd underpass. Message senders to be sued The Mayor's Office in the Eastern Province has said, meanwhile, that it intends to prosecute the sources of text messages sent out to the public in the mayoralty's name warning against using Dammam's underpasses following rain due to flood dangers. Mayoralty spokesman Hussein Al-Buloushi said that water collected in the King Fahd underpass because of a build-up of dirt and other materials blocking drainage channels, and that the blockages were addressed after a closure of the site lasting several hours. “Drainage at the tunnel is now functioning normally,” Al
