At least two persons were killed as heavy rains hit western Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah city on Thursday while disrupting the airlines for two days.
The National Center of Meteorology recorded 179 mm of rainfall in just six hours on Thursday, the highest amount ever received in the city since 2009.
More rainfall is expected on Friday as Jeddah experiences the "highest ever levels of rainfall since 2009", National Centre for Meteorology spokesman Hussein Al Qahtani said.
King Abdulaziz Airport also announced that some flights had been delayed due to the weather. The airport was hoping to communicate with air carriers to confirm dates and times for rearranged flights.
The Mecca region includes Jeddah, the Kingdom’s second-largest city of roughly four million people, and Mecca city, the holiest city in Islam where millions perform the hajj and umrah pilgrimages each year.
The road connecting the two, which many pilgrims use to reach Mecca, was closed on Thursday once the rains began, state media reported, although it was later reopened, authorities said.