{"id":2515,"date":"2018-11-02T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T10:41:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-11-02T10:41:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T10:41:43","slug":"a-saudi-man-dies-after-he-tries-to-drive-through-a-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/a-saudi-man-dies-after-he-tries-to-drive-through-a-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"A Saudi Man Dies After He Tries To Drive Through A Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the past two weeks, the country has been lashed with heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/weather\/raininriyadh-tweets-are-trending-and-itll-show-you-just-how-much-saudis-love-when-it-rains-1\">rains<\/a>, which at times is accompanied by floods. For one man in Qassim, the rains proved to be fatal.<\/p>\n<p>According to news portal <a href=\"https:\/\/akhbaar24.argaam.com\/article\/detail\/414695\/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%A8%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A3%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84\">Akhbaar24,<\/a> a Saudi man tried to drive through a strong stream but it proved to be so strong that it managed to flip over the car that he was driving.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in the Boqaya valley in Qassim.<\/p>\n<h3>A video of the incident has been widely shared on social media.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rF47a2-9HBI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/news\/people-rescue-floods-tabuk\">Civil Defense<\/a> workers managed to pull out the driver and his accompanying passengers alive. While the others survived the driver didn\u2019t as he later succumbed to his injuries at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<h3>Over the past few days, the Civil Defense has consistently been sending out messages to all residents to stay away from valleys and flood-prone areas.<\/h3>\n<p>They even tweeted about this particular incident that happened in the Boqaya Valley and cautioned all drivers to not drive in flooded areas.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1396801\/saudi-arabia\">Arab News<\/a> had reported that 14 people from around the country have died due to the rains.<\/p>\n<p>Weather forecasts are still predicting further rain in the coming few days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0631 \u0645\u062f\u0646\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B6%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0636\u0631\u064a\u0629<\/a> \u0627\u062d\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062c\u0645\u0648\u0639\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u062e\u0627\u0635 \u0641\u064a \u0648\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0628\u0642\u064a\u0639\u0627\u0621 \u0628\u0633\u0628\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0637\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u0647\u0637\u0644\u062a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638\u0629 \u064a\u0628\u0644\u063a \u0639\u062f\u062f\u0647\u0645 \u0633\u0628\u0639\u0629 \u0623\u0634\u062e\u0627\u0635 \u062a\u0645 \u0625\u0646\u0642\u0627\u0630\u0647\u0645 \u0648\u0646\u0642\u0644 \u0623\u062d\u062f\u0647\u0645 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0634\u0641\u0649 \u0644\u062a\u0644\u0642\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0627\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627\u0632\u0645. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o9LSu5Imrb\">pic.twitter.com\/o9LSu5Imrb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0641\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a (@SaudiDCD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiDCD\/status\/1056979613208006657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the past two weeks, the country has been lashed with heavy rains, which at times is accompanied by floods. 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