“The floods caused the death of a man and three children in the suburbs of Makkah, collapse of many houses in Al-Sawaed and Umm Al-Khayr districts and serious injuries to a security man in Jeddah,” Prince Khaled said in a press conference in Jeddah on Thursday.

Prince Khaled said Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation and Second Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Prince Naif have been in touch with him and ordering him to offer assistance to anyone who needs assistance and do everything to repair all damages caused by the rain.

The prince also expressed his satisfaction at the preparedness of government departments to face any situation.

Prince Khaled also referred to current studies being undertaken for the development of the East Jeddah and on the feasibility of removing the two dams there in addition to the development of the Umm Al-Khayr district.

“The problems of Jeddah will never go away until the sewage project is completed,” the governor said.

He added that the implementation of development projects in East Jeddah would commence after the completion of the studies.

With regard to grabbing on government properties by some people, the prince said the government has allowed some time for evacuating them. However he warned that the government would not tolerate if anyone persist in illegally occupying government land. 

Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed also attended the press conference.