Heavy rain and flash floods Sunday in Najran, Al-Qunfudha, Al-Leeth and Jizan led to the death of seven people and three people are reported as missing, said Civil Defense Spokesman Maj. Abdullah Al-Orabi Al-Harthi. Rescue teams rescued about 85 people who were trapped in valley beds, said Maj. Al-Harthi, who urged people to stay indoors to avert the risks of rain and floods. Civil Defense teams are freed numerous cars that were stuck in valley beds and the downpours have paralyzed traffic throughout the region, he added. A woman and her child were killed while crossing Tathleeth Valley in their car and the husband escaped unhurt, security authorities reported. Civil Defense divers recovered the bodies six kilometers downstream, authorities said. Security patrols reported that three young men were killed in Sayhan Valley near Habona Governorate when their car was stuck and floods swept them away, authorities said. Civil Defense rescue teams at Habona Governorate and hundreds of citizens combed the valley looking for the young men and found their bodies after searching for 12 hours. Spokesman of the Health Department in Najran Saleh Al-Dhaibah said the hospital's emergency room received a 23-year-old man who was saved by divine providence from sure death. He said the young man, who suffered a dislocated arm, was in a state of shock. Rescue teams removed a citizen's car that was marooned by floods in Salalah Valley, said Spokesman of the Civil Defense in Asir Region Col. Muhammad Al-Assimi. A source at the electricity company in Asir Region said lightning struck a main generating station in Asir and caused a power outage that left residences in the dark for several hours. – Okaz/SG with input by Abdul Aziz Lasloom, Abdullah Gharman Own, Maghram Asiri, Ahmad Dangawa, Marei Al-Shihri, Abdullah Mashhour, Iftikhar Bahfain, Khaled Aal Mreih, Sa'eed Rafea and Maryam Al
