Weather of Arabia - A source in the "Anjad" search and rescue team in Saudi Arabia revealed that the number of people stranded in the deserts of the country during one month amounted to more than a thousand people, and 4 deaths were recorded.
The source said that the month of Dhu al-Hijjah recorded 1,763 reports of people stranded in the sands, valleys and mountainous heights in the regions of the Kingdom, at a rate of 63 reports per day, while it received 27 reports of missing persons in the Kingdom.
He pointed out that despite all the instructions, warnings, and alerts issued by a number of competent authorities, led by the Civil Defense, the General Authority of Meteorology, and the search and rescue teams in the Kingdom, not to venture and take risks during land trips in the sands of deserts, off-road routes, as well as high places, and leniency in passing through some valleys during runoff. torrential rains, but many people still ignore and underestimate them, and endanger their lives and the lives of others.
He stated that the statistics of those stranded in the desert during a month amounted to 1,763 reports of those stranded, which is 63 reports per day, and 27 are missing, 13 of them are in good health, and 10 are being searched for, while 4 deaths have been recorded.
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