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Heavy hail disrupts traffic in Taif

Heavy hail disrupts traffic in Taif

The Taif Municipality field teams at the Agency for Projects have removed hail stones in record time, as the northern part of the region witnessed heavy hail showers that disrupted road traffic.
The teams have removed hail stones, which fell heavily on the neighborhoods and the Riyadh-Taif Road on Wednesday afternoon, and partially impeded movement there.

The clearing was effected with the support of specialized machinery and labor.

The municipality stated that the teams had removed the hail stones in a record time and organized and restored traffic to normal on the road.

It added that they are working in accordance to a plan that reduces the consequences of the rain’s effects through following up the meteorology and forecasts of the rainy condition.

They start distributing field teams and mechanisms in the areas that are expecting rains, in order to deal early with the weather condition and address the observations as soon as they occur, in a way that ensures the safety and comfort of the people.

There are more than 90 field teams dealing with rainy weather in Taif and its suburbs. Their tasks are based on several things, such as removing dust from streets, from the main and secondary roads, as well as from the neighborhood streets.

The team also carries out the tasks of continuous monitoring of rain and torrential drainage channels, box and open drainage manholes, with several types like (drain boxes, also called as catch basins).

The team, as well as, removes waste washed away by the water, with the aim of enhancing the flow of water and preventing the occurrence of gathering points.

People considered these huge amounts of hail stones that covered Taif with whiteness on the 28th of Ramadan as historical moments.

They documented the atmosphere through videos and circulated them on social media, in addition to documenting their attempts to help the many cars that were stuck in the Alhalqa Al Sharqiyyah Street.

The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) had announced earlier that several parts of Saudi Arabia's regions would be witnessing thunderstorms, accompanied with hail and active winds that may lead to torrential rains.

While Hussain Al-Qahtani, spokesman of NCM confirmed that the weather in the Kingdom will remain cloudy until the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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