Torrential rains shutter schools, inundate roads in Saudi Arabia

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The National Meteorological Centre has issued red alerts for Qassim and other areas including the eastern province on the Gulf, the capital Riyadh and Medina province bordering the Red Sea.

Schools in Eastern Province and Riyadh also cancelled in-person instruction and moved classes online./ Photo: Reuters

"The rain continued for seven hours from the afternoon until nearly midnight in very large quantities," said Mohammed, an Egyptian resident of Buraidah, the capital of Qassim, who spoke to AFP on the condition that only his first name be used. It warned of"heavy rain with strong wind, lack of horizontal visibility, hail, torrential rains, and thunderbolts".

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