Jeddah is Sinking

The heavy rains on Jeddah has paralyzed the city, once again. Obviously, none of last year’s lesson has been learned. The situation is beyond disastrous, with many losses in souls and property. Watch these videos and pray for the safety of people in Jeddah.

More videos and photos can be found here and here. Follow the latest news on Twitter: #JeddahRain

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13 Comments

  1. Amir
    Posted Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 17:04 | Permalink

    No lesson learned from last year and no hope for next years too. Good luck Jeddah people ur in “safe hands”.

  2. A passerby
    Posted Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 1:57 | Permalink

    No accountability no solution. Big guys live in big palaces and are not affected.

  3. Posted Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 2:55 | Permalink

    shma israel

  4. Umair
    Posted Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 3:08 | Permalink

    This is bad .. they should have done something by learning from the past experience .. stop giving gifts and showing off in the world as one of the richest nation .. do some thing for the Local public who is suffering from these day to day problems .. !! may ALLAH bless all !! AMEEN !!

  5. Posted Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 15:09 | Permalink

    What conceivable good could praying do?

  6. Posted Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 19:34 | Permalink

    i was in jeddah at Tuesday..was a real disastrous.. how did this happened in the second largest city in the kingdom??

  7. A-ksa
    Posted Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 22:40 | Permalink

    It’s shameful.
    I’ve read somewhere that Qatar and the UAE wanted to give donations and offered to build proper infrastructure for the people of Jeddah.

  8. Don Cox
    Posted Friday, January 28, 2011 at 6:41 | Permalink

    “how did this happened in the second largest city in the kingdom??”

    Looks like they built the city on a dry riverbed. Likewise, the Pakistanis have been building on a flood plain.

  9. Posted Friday, January 28, 2011 at 11:33 | Permalink

    Wallah man I was thinking the EXACT same thing even before wednesday’s floods. King Abdullah’s gifts to Obama’s wife and kids, wow… There’s so much surplus in the budget so it seems, but where is it? Are people embezzling to build mansions in Switzerland or something?

  10. Posted Friday, January 28, 2011 at 14:04 | Permalink

    What pisses me the most is the covering up they’re doing.My sister was stuck outside the house for a whole day and didn’t return until the next day!Her friend saw dead bodies floating.She is traumatized but they don’t care about physical safety,so they won’t care for sure about their psychological safety.Enough is enough!

  11. Posted Friday, February 4, 2011 at 3:49 | Permalink

    I wrote something related.
    http://salhah.com/?p=33

  12. Posted Monday, March 14, 2011 at 17:41 | Permalink

    its sad. May Allah Bless them.

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