In our world today, it seems that wars have become the second most common cause of death, as accidents of all kinds, from floods and fires to stabbings, dominate the headlines of the media every day and claim the lives of hundreds. So what are the most prominent accidents recorded by the Ain Libya website for this day, August 25, 2024?
We start fromNeighboring countries“A citizen died in SyriaAs a result of a fire that broke out in his house after midnight yesterday, in the city of Sweida.
The commander of the Sweida Fire Brigade, Fadi Al-Dawoud, told the official SANA news agency, “A fire was reported in the Mansour building in the city, and two fire engines and a vehicle from the Civil Defense Directorate immediately headed to the location. Upon arrival, it was found that the fire broke out in a residential apartment located on the first floor, and within the bedroom, and that one of the people, the owner of the house, had passed away.”
Al-Dawoud added: “The fire was extinguished and controlled with the support of the Civil Defense Directorate, and the body was transferred to the Sweida National Hospital after the presence of the investigating judge, the forensic doctor, and the city police department to organize the investigation properly.”
According to social media, “the deceased is Abu Hussam Mansour Al-Aysami, the owner of Al-Mansour Building.”
And in Saudi ArabiaThe Yemeni “breaker” hit the country, and local media reported, “The death of a family of 5 people in torrential floods resulting from heavy rains that hit the southwestern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
The Asir Education Department mourned Muid Al-Zahrani, the principal of Al-Bayhaqi School in Al-Khattarsh in Muhayil, and his wife, the principal of Tiya Al-Issa School in Muhayil as well, and three of their children, two boys and a girl, who were killed yesterday evening as a result of the torrential floods in the Saida Al-Sawalihah Center in Asir.
The Governor of Muhayil, Mohammed bin Falah Al-Qarqah, inspected on the ground “some of the sites affected by the heavy rains and torrential floods that hit the Saida Al-Sawaliha Center, west of Asir region, and directed the relevant authorities to exert maximum efforts and levels of preparedness and readiness to manage the crisis, and to follow up on the rainy conditions and weather fluctuations that the center is witnessing.”
The southwestern coast of Saudi Arabia is witnessing heavy thunderstorms that have led to torrential floods in many areas.
The Arab Weather Center reported that “cumulus cloud activity is expected to resume in the southwest of the Kingdom on Saturday and Sunday, covering several parts of Jazan, Asir, Al-Baha, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and the south and west of Madinah Al-Munawwarah, accompanied by rainfall of varying intensity, accompanied by thunderstorms and hail. It is also likely that cumulus clouds will be strong in some areas and lead to heavy flow of valleys and ravines.”
The Arab Weather Center pointed out that the Yemeni storm is expected to continue moving north in the coming few hours, and its effects may extend to parts of Mecca and Jeddah, accompanied by heavy rain, lightning and thunder.
The “Kasir” is a cold air front that refers to the very strong thunderstorm cumulonimbus clouds that form in the Red Sea, resulting from the collision of cold northern winds with moist southern winds, all of this in the event of a cold basin rushing to northern Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean. The “Kasir” cases are affected by the warming of the Red Sea, as it acts as a thermal catalyst for the development of the “Kasir”.
And in Saudi Arabia too, A circulating video clip documented a major rock collapse in Wadi Aslan on the road to Muhayil Bahr Abu Sakinah in the Asir region, southwest of Saudi Arabia.
The video showed “the thick dust resulting from the collapse of the rocks, which led to the stopping of vehicles, disrupting traffic and closing the road coming from Khamis Al Bahr.”
The Saudi website, Rasd, reported that “specialized teams are currently working to break up the rocks and lift them to restore normal traffic on the road.”
And in Morocco“The flash floods that hit a number of areas in southeastern Morocco on Friday evening caused huge losses and turned a number of areas into isolated and disaster-stricken spaces.”
Moroccan media reported that “town centres in Midelt, Guelmim, Tinghir, Tinghir, Kalaat M’Gouna, Imilchil and most of the areas surrounding Ouarzazate have turned into open valleys.”
“The water, which rose to 30 centimeters, according to local media sources, flooded many homes and farms, cutting off roads leading to these areas and isolating them from the outside world.”
The Moroccan website Hespress reported, quoting responsible sources from the local authorities, that “many areas witnessed heavy rains during the past few hours, which resulted in strong water flows in valleys and rivers, leading to floods in some areas, and affecting the movement of citizens, trucks and public transportation.”
The Moroccan website “Rue20” said that “two women were killed as a result of the torrential floods that swept through the Douar Amasin, Ighrem Nougdal commune, as a result of the heavy floods that hit the Ouarzazate region on Friday night.”
According to local reports, “the Royal Gendarmerie and Civil Protection services found the body of a first lady who disappeared due to the floods that swept through various areas of the Ouarzazate region, while efforts are still underway to find the fate of the second lady.”
This, “was accompanied by a wave of cold (Al-Tabaruri), which caused great losses to farmers. According to Moroccan media, those affected appealed to local and regional authorities to intervene urgently to save them and provide the necessary assistance due to the difficult circumstances they are living in.”
Moving on to the countries of the world, in Bangladesh, “heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 42 people in Bangladesh since the beginning of the week, many of them in landslides.”
Disaster officials said nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis had taken shelter in emergency shelters as floods swept across vast areas of the low-lying South Asian nation.
The country of 170 million people, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, has seen frequent flooding in recent decades. Monsoon rains cause widespread devastation every year, but climate change is changing weather patterns and increasing the frequency of extreme weather events. Highways and railway lines between the capital, Dhaka, and the main port city of Chittagong have been damaged, making access to flooded areas difficult and disrupting business activity.
And in IndiaAt least 23 people have been killed in floods that hit border areas of India’s Tripura state.
Indian authorities said that “soldiers in lifeboats transferred residents to safe areas in the northeastern state of Tripura, and more than 65,000 people were forced to leave their homes due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains.”
“Continuous rainfall over four days has caused river levels to rise,” disaster management officials said, adding that “displaced people have gathered in 450 camps, with a total of 1.7 million affected, and there has been extensive damage to infrastructure, crops and livestock.”
The Indian Army said that “more than 80 of its personnel joined the relief efforts and managed to rescue 334 people stranded by rising flood waters.”
In Germany, “forensic officers inspect the crime scene after a knife attack at a festival left at least three people dead and four others seriously injured in the western German city of Solingen.”
Police launched a “major operation” to find the suspect, who is still at large, adding that a “large area” had been cordoned off.
The festival was part of a series of events to celebrate the city’s 650th anniversary, and the Solinger Tageblatt reported that one of the festival’s co-organizers climbed on stage to cancel the event. The newspaper reported that thousands of attendees left the area after the incident was announced, and a journalist at the scene described the atmosphere as “ghostly.”
Germany has seen a series of knife attacks over the past 12 months, and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has promised to crack down on knife crime.
“A police officer was killed and five people were injured in a knife attack at a far-right rally in the city of Mannheim in late May.”
In France, “French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited La Grande Motte in southern France, where a man wearing a Palestinian flag is suspected of setting fires to a synagogue and causing an explosion that injured a police officer.”
Authorities said the incident was being treated as a possible terrorist attack and “all means” were being deployed to find the perpetrator. Security around Jewish sites was tightened following the attack early Saturday on the Beth Yaakov synagogue in the seaside resort of La Grande-Motte near the city of Montpellier.
“Two cars outside the synagogue caught fire, and it is possible that a gas canister exploded inside one of the vehicles,” police said, adding that “the wounded police officer was injured in the explosion after he rushed to the scene after the fires broke out.”
French President Emmanuel Macron described the incident as a “terrorist act,” adding on Channel X that “the fight against anti-Semitism is a daily battle.”
“The town of La Grande-Motte has a permanent population of about 8,500 but the population swells during the summer tourist season. Darmanin said this month that the government had counted 887 “anti-Semitic” acts in France in the first half of 2024, nearly three times the number in the same period in 2023. France is home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel and the United States, and also the largest Muslim community in the European Union.”
The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France described the explosion as an “attempt to kill Jews,” with council president Yonatan Arvi saying, “The use of a gas canister in a car at a time when worshipers were expected to arrive at the synagogue is not just a criminal act. It shows the intent to kill.”
Last updated: August 25, 2024 – 11:01
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