Riyadh: In this video, a payloader comes to the rescue of a delivery truck that got stuck in a heavily flooded road in Riyadh on Wednesday as torrential rains pummelled the central and eastern parts of the kingdom for the second day.
Earlier, there was moderate rain in the past few days along the western coast of northern Jeddah, in Dhahban, Thuwwal, Saabar, Al-Qudhaimah up to parts of Rabigh governorate. Students were allowed to go home before the end of the school day.
Countries on the Arabian Peninsula have seen rain in recent days as the seasons change across the Gulf. Apart from Saudi Arabia, rain also fell Wednesday in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Doha in Qatar and many areas in Bahrain also.