Ten of the dead were identified as two Saudis, two Chadians, one Egyptian, one Turk, one Filipino, one Yemeni, one Bangladeshi and a Nepalese. The eleventh flood casualty was yet to be identified. Three people were reported by their families as missing. At least 100 people were being treated with injuries while three were in intensive care.

All private and public schools will remain closed through Feb. 11, the Ministry of Education said. The exams resume Feb. 13.

Syed Masood Ahmed, principal of International Indian School Jeddah (IISJ), told Arab News on Friday night that the school has not received any government directive in this regard. However, the IISJ has already declared Saturday a holiday for cleanup operations.

Major roads were reopened, but many residents in flooded districts remained without cell-phone reception due to damages to nearby towers.

Most residents had power restored to their homes, but the Saudi Electricity Company said Friday that 4,361 subscribers were still in the dark. Jeddah police spokesman Col. Misfer Al-Juaid said that police units were dispatched to areas lacking electricity in order to prevent looting.

Rescue helicopters maintained their search over water-logged areas east of the Haramain Expressway and other parts of the city. The Civil Defense said that since Thursday night it has rescued 1,451 people with the help of its ground staff and 498 people by helicopters.

Traffic police were deployed in larger numbers to the city's major arteries, such as Andalus and Palestine streets and King Abdullah Road, to help the flow of traffic. Officials estimate more than 11,000 cars were stranded in flood waters.

Over 60 Boy Scouts were also seen helping traffic police on many roads.

Saleh Hefni, president of Halawani Ikhwan factories, said his food company’s cars and trucks in Jeddah are idle because of the rain, affecting about 8,000 points of sale in Jeddah and Makkah.

Estimating total damages from the floods to be at least SR3 billion, Hefni said the rain would affect most of the companies in Jeddah, especially importers. Flooded warehouses would result in a temporary shortage of fruits and vegetables in the coming days, he added.

The Charity Warehouse has received so far more than 250 applications from people who wanted to volunteer. Saleem Al-Faide, public relations manager for the organization, said the group began distributing aids to victims. The warehouse distributed 100,000 bottles of water and have been coordinating with Civil Defense on where to deliver prepared food.

A resident of Bani Malik district, Abu Muhammad, stressed to Arab News the significance of neighborly cooperation, especially when calamities occur. “I would like to particularly thank the foreign laborers residing in this district for their selfless assistance to the people in our flood-ravaged neighborhood,” he said.

Mustafa Al-Shami, a car mechanic, who was busy with repairing flood-damaged cars, denied reports that mechanics are exploiting flood victims by over-charging for their services.

“It is a false charge against us to say that we demand huge fees from flood victims," he said. "I don’t deny the occurrence of such incidents, but most of us assist and cooperate with those whose cars have broken down in the floods. We never charge more than normal fee."

General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training (TVTC) Gov. Ali ibn Nasser Al-Ghofais has postpone vocational and technical training for Saturday.

The Saudi Electricity Company said up to 70,000 of its subscribers lost power on Wednesday. Fifteen emergency teams were deployed to get power back on. The people who were still without power on Friday were located in areas of the city that could not be accessed by company vehicles, according to a source at the SEC office in Jeddah.

“Due to these risks, we have been instructed by the Civil Defense Department to wait to restore power until these areas are drained of water," he said.

On Thursday alone, the company said it received 3,000 calls from customers who had lost power, but had to tell them that their areas had to be drained before technicians could restores power.

The municipality’s committee in charge of dealing with rainfall has said that it has already eliminated over 100 flood water pools in Jeddah neighborhoods.

“There are currently more than 50 field teams and over 500 laborers using 200 tankers, 30 pumps, and 40 various types of operating equipment in action,” committee chairman Hisham Abideen told the Saudi Press Agency.

The cleanup efforts are in line with instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal and followup directives from Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed and Jeddah Mayor Hani Abu-Rass for emergency teams to be dispersed and work around the clock to eradicate the negative effects of the floods.

Buds and Blossoms International School will be closed for three days for maintenance work because of rains and will reopen Tuesday, the school principal said.