MIDDLE EAST Snow and Flood lunge Saudi Arabia

A city in the northwest region of Saudi Arabia, Hail, on Sunday (04/28/2013), covered in snow. This is a series of erratic weather conditions in the Arabian Peninsula over the past three days. Many city residents to upload photos Hail snow-covered city through social networks like Twitter and Facebook. Previously, parts of Saudi Arabia was also hit by flooding, hail, and temperatures drop drastically. This condition makes even the Ministry of Education of Saudi Arabia was forced to shut down all the schools in five provinces. The flood disaster is very troublesome Government of Saudi Arabia. The Interior Ministry ordered the civil defense forces to help victims of flooding caused by heavy rains that had never happened before. Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef Al Saud said, citizens who are victims should be assisted and given shelter to reduce the effects of disasters. According to Saudi Arabia's published daily, Okaz, heavy rain for two days which led to flooding that has caused 422 traffic accidents in the capital Riyadh and left nine people injured. In addition, the government also received 4,562 telephone requests for assistance.