In order to ensure the integration and compatibility of national efforts, the Joint Assessment Team for Meteorological and Tropical Situations held a meeting as part of a series of follow-up meetings, in order to discuss developments in the weather situation and the extent of its impact on the country. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, with the participation of the Ministry of Interior, the National Center of Meteorology, and relevant government agencies..
The Authority stressed the necessity of activating business continuity plans, and continuing monitoring and evaluation of the weather situation and its consequences in all regions of the country, in order to ensure the safety and security of society, and to reduce the impacts on society and property..
According to the National Center of Meteorology, the weather condition that the country is witnessing from today until next Thursday, and from Tuesday to Wednesday, will be local cumulonimbus clouds with rain during the day, with the possibility of small hailstones falling on the eastern regions and extending to some interior and western regions. She confirmed that the upcoming weather condition will be less severe than the previous one.
The center added that on Friday and Saturday, the amount of clouds will decrease, with the continued chance of light to moderate rain falling, which may be heavy, in some southern and eastern regions..
The Ministry of the Interior confirmed that the Supreme Committee for Internal Security, headed by the Undersecretary, continues full coordination with the Joint Assessment Team for Weather and Tropical Situations, continuously following up on developments in the weather situation, to find out all the expected effects of the situation and its consequences on the areas that may be affected by the country, especially since the country is going through a crisis. The recovery stage from the previous weather condition.
The Ministry indicated that it has taken all proactive measures to support and support response operations, with the necessary resources and capabilities in places likely to be affected by the weather condition, the severity of which is expected to be between medium and high in various areas of the country, in addition to the readiness of dealing plans and business continuity for vital entities..
The Ministry of Interior places the safety of society and the protection of lives and property at the top of its list of priorities, calling on the public to follow precautionary measures, adhere to safety standards and guidelines, adhere to the directives of the competent authorities, refrain from circulating and spreading rumors, and the importance of obtaining information from official sources in the country..
In turn, the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure explained that, in preparation for the weather situation, all necessary measures were taken to ensure the safety of infrastructure and roads, in addition to the safety of dams and raising the efficiency of their work in storing water, including emptying water to relieve pressure on it, absorbing new quantities of rainwater, and cleaning water drains..
The Ministry stressed that the advanced systems and modern technologies used in managing dams play a role in raising their efficiency and providing the ability to make quick decisions while monitoring the flows of rainwater, torrents and floods in the valleys, as well as the use of modern technology in the process of analyzing and calculating the speed rates of water flows, their quantities and their depth. With high accuracy and sending it to the Ministry’s control and monitoring unit, processing and analyzing its data.
It is worth noting that the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, in coordination with federal and local authorities, supervises 103 dams, barriers, and water lakes in various regions of the country, with a storage capacity of 80 million cubic meters, which were implemented based on the needs of the regions, and in accordance with the highest international standards and safety requirements that Ensures the preservation of lives and property.
The authority advised the public of the need to adhere to social responsibility and adhere to the instructions issued by the concerned authorities, adding the importance of obtaining news, developments and the extent of influence from official sources in the country, and not to circulate rumors and false information in order to avoid legal accountability..
It is noteworthy that the Joint Assessment Team for Meteorological and Tropical Situations stressed the continuity of holding successive meetings to ensure continuity of follow-up and evaluation of all the expected impacts of the situation and its consequences on the areas that may be affected by the country, especially since the country is going through the recovery phase from the previous weather situation..
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