Subhanallah... Arab Saudi Ditutupi Salju

Subhanallah.... Saudi Arabia Covered with Snow

Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi


Subhanallah... Arab Saudi Ditutupi Salju
Peristiwa langka dan luar biasa ketika salju turun di padang pasir di Saudi Arabia (Foto: alarabiya.net)

Riyadh (B2B) - Kota Hael, di barat laut Arab Saudi ditutupi dengan salju, Minggu, setelah hampir tiga hari mengalami kondisi cuaca yang mengkhawatirkan, menurut Al Arabiya.

Sejumlah provinsi di Arab Saudi dilanda banjir dan hujan es batu bersamaan dengan dengan temperatur yang turun secara drastis.

Gambar-gambar dan video yang di-posting melalui Twitter dan media sosial lain menunjukkan salju menutupi kota Hael.

Sebuah video amatir yang ditayangkan oleh Al Arabiya TV, kemarin, memperlihakan sejumlah orang membentuk rantai manusia untuk menolong orang yang terjebak banjir. 

Pada Sabtu (27/4), Menteri Pendidikan Arab Saudi mengatakan sekolah di lima provinsi diliburkan karena kondisi cuaca yang tak mendukung.

Hujan deras dan banjir telah membuat pemerintah kerajaan siaga beberapa hari terakhir ini. 

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's northwestern city of Hael was covered with snow Sunday after almost three days of unrelenting weather conditions, according to Al Arabiya correspondents.

A number of provinces in the kingdom have been hit with floods and hailstones as temperatures dropped dramatically.

People have posted pictures on Twitter and other social networking sites showing snow allegedly taken in Saudi Arabia's Hael.

Meanwhile, a video posted online and broadcast by Al Arabiya TV on Sunday exhibited a group of men working together to form a human chain and save others who had been trapped by the floods.

On Saturday, the minister of education told Al Arabiya that schools in five different Saudi provinces were closed due to weather conditions.

Heavy rainfall and flooding has kept the kingdom on high alert over the past few days.