Storm Alex soaks France and Italy with 650 mm of rain in just 24 hours!

Arabia's weather - a strong and exceptional start to the autumn of Europe, which seems to carry many surprises and events, as France and Italy were exposed to strong storms, which were described as the most severe in 100 years!

Storm Alex struck hard

Two dead and nearly 25 missing in France and Italy

In the details, the border parts between France and Italy were exposed to heavy thunderstorms, hailstorms and strong winds, and torrents and floods swept large areas, causing great material and human losses.

The storm caused Alex to record two deaths, while 25 people were missing, whose fate was not known until now, and the torrential rains cut off the road to many villages in the two countries and slipped into the soil, and hundreds of rescue teams were racing against time to find survivors of the disaster.

630 mm of rain in 24 hours!

Unusually large amounts of rain

Monitoring stations recorded large amounts and other than rain, as the Italian region of Piedmont recorded rainfall of 630 millimeters, which is 5 times higher than the annual average of rain in Riyadh, while the amount of rain in some regions of France reached 500 mm within 24 hours, which is equivalent to Over 3 months of rain at this time of year.