Sixty years since the great flood of Najd, `the year of destruction 1376 AH`

ArabiaWeather.com- Sinan Khalaf- Pictures immortalized a painful memory that the Saudis lived through in the days that passed and passed in their condition, so they remained in the memory of the sheikhs and the elderly who witnessed the great flood of Najd, or what was known as the year of destruction.

A simple life and mud houses housed the residents of Najd, who could not stand the continuation of the rains that lasted for 58 days of continuous rain in the year of destruction that raided many regions of the Arabian Peninsula, so the regions of Qassim, Sudir and Buraidah were the most affected, as the rain left nothing of the houses Or shops or mosques, but their mud walls were shaken, so that the destruction occurred on a large scale that was not erased from memory.

This forced people to flee to the deserts and mountains, terrified of what was happening after their homes were demolished, spreading the earth, covering the sky amidst a great uproar in which the screams of children mixed with the wailing of women.

Days passed, and the rain did not stop except for hours, then it started to rain again for two consecutive months, during which the sun was seen only in two days, which increased the feeling of cold and increased rain and destruction.

The result was that three thousand houses collapsed in Buraidah alone as a result of the torrential rains, and the dams overflowed with water in most areas.

The following photos were documented by parents for their children to remain an eternal memory and a permanent testimony to the year of destruction.

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