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DT News Network/DTNN Ministry said [email protected] in a press statement that it’s working he thunderstorms that around the lashed during the clock to tackle pastT two days have wreaked the rainwater havoc around town, with flooding issue inUnstable flooding, uprooting of trees different parts of the and chaos created in different country. parts of the country. The ministry’s A man draining rain water using a water tanker in a The strong winds, which Rainwater Emergency flooded area in Manama yesterday reached the speed of 35 knots Committee and (around 65kmh), uprooted a Works Undersecretary tree in Avenue in Ahmed Al Khayat statedweather the capital near Al Andalus that 107 water tankers and Park on Sunday night, 23 pumps are excavating blocking the right lane of the the excessive rainwater from vital road. all four governorates of the Few kilometers to the west, Kingdom. a lamp post fell on Budaiya Al Khayat pointed Highway near Jidhafs without to the importance wreaks causing any injuries or of protecting the damages to any vehicles. sewerage networks The strong gusts even and not to dispose caused several unstable walls of rainwater in to collapse in Isa Town and them, calling upon , damaging a couple the public not to of parked vehicels. open the network’s havoc in Meanwhile, the lids and report A parked car in Mahooz covered by concrete blocks after Meteorological Directorate at flooding to the a thunder storm lashed the city the Ministry of Transportation ministry’s hotline and Telecommunications has on 80001810. predicted an unstable weather today, with rain showers that may be thundery at Manama times and strong gusts, urging the public to be vigilant and cautious.

Rain water flooding

Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning An uprooted tree on Salmaniya Avenue after the storm More attacks on schools in two days DT News Network schools”, clarifying that into Malkiya Intermediate Manama six schools were targeted in Girls’ School, one of the new t least ten attacks on public different parts of the Kingdom. schools built by the State. schools were reported The ministry’s Public They threatened the guard and Aduring the past two days, Relations and Information robbed eight fire extinguishers. the authorities announced directorate confirmed that which were used in carrying out yesterday. educational institutions were terrorist acts,” the directorate Education Ministry targeted 521 times since the said in its statement. described the attacks as “new 2011 events. It also revealed that Diraz terrorist attacks on public “A group of terrorists broke Intermediate Girls’ School was targeted with five consecutive attacks that included sabotaging the school walls, breaking the surveillance cameras and blocking the roads to the school with iron rods and wooden planks. The directorate said more attacks such as arson, explosions and vandalism targeted several schools in , and Sitra. “Such terrorist acts that aim at depriving students from their right of receiving education are condemned. They are against the teachings of Islam and violate all international pacts and humanitarian Pictures released by the ministry show the materials used in the conventions,” the directorate’s attacks and the damage caused to a school statement added.