Petra Province declares the maximum state of emergency to deal with the depression

Written By وداد السعودي on 2020/03/12

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Arab Weather -</strong> The Petra Development Tourism Region Authority announced today, Thursday, the maximum emergency situation to deal with the air depression that affects the Kingdom during the next few hours. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /> The Deputy Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and Chairman of the Winter Emergency Committee, Engineer Abdel Moneim Abu Hilala, confirmed to the Jordanian News Agency (Petra) today, Thursday, that the Authority has developed an emergency plan to deal with the expected weather conditions, and put all its cadres and mechanisms in a state of maximum alert, in preparation for the expected weather conditions and in coordination with the relevant authorities The relationship in the city of Petra. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /> Abu Hilala called on citizens to adhere to the instructions issued by the concerned authorities not to go out in cases of heavy rain and the formation of torrents, except in cases of extreme necessity, and to move away from the streams of torrents and valleys, and install objects that can fly on the roofs of houses and open areas due to the expected high wind speed, pointing out that Tourist traffic in Petra today is proceeding normally and normally, and tourism traffic will be dealt with first-hand, according to the weather conditions in the region. He said that the authority receives citizens ’observations during the period of the impact of the air depression on the following emergency room numbers: Main Chamber 0795108882, 0788434563, Southern District 032150012 Archaeological Reserve 0799031999. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /> Source: Petra </p>

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