Flooding continues across Saudi Arabia, inundating roads in Riyadh, Dammam and areas around Mecca and Medina. The roof of the outer structure of the Old Dahran Mosque, located on the grounds of King Fahd University, collapsed overnight.

Floods occur every year in different parts of the world. We are used to taking messages on this topic for granted, we don't even pay attention. We believe that most floods have nothing to do with us because they happen in remote parts of the world. But it's time to put our heads down and think about it seriously, and prepare for the potential disasters that await us. Because we are all in the same boat - the floods that happened in UAE, Oman, Tanzania or China are also knocking on our door. We felt the impact of the recent floods in Russia and Kazakhstan.

The President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Jomart Tokaev, proposed the idea of attracting local billionaires to help flood-affected areas. He emphasized the need to attach one of the richest people in the country to each region, district and village.

The Astana International Forum scheduled for June 13-14 has been canceled due to the large-scale flooding situation in Kazakhstan. The event will continue its work in 2025. About 6,000 houses and fields are under water in 6 regions of the country.

As a result of the rise in the level of the Ural River at a record level for the entire period, it continues to flood settlements in the Orenburg region of Russia. The dams cannot withstand the water pressure. People are being evacuated en masse. The biggest floods in the last 80 years are observed in the northern regions of Kazakhstan.

More than 12,700 people, including 5,101 children, were evacuated due to floods in various regions of Kazakhstan. Local and international roads on the Russian-Kazakhstan border were blocked due to floods.