Officially, the figure is put at 10 with four missing. However, it is widely believed that numbers are higher and that illegal residents drowned or missing have not been reported to the authorities. Many flood-hit areas of the city are populated by undocumented immigrants and visa overstayers.

On Saturday, a Civil Defense statement said two people previously listed as missing, Khaled Al-Jahdali, an 18-year-old Saudi living in Ruwais, and Muhammad Al-Subae, 30, a Saudi living in Al-Naseem district, had been found and were in good health. One reason why people suspect the reliability of the official statement is that the Civil Defense first put the number of dead at four, then five and later at 10.

The changes in the number of missing also caused confusion. On Friday, an official statement said the number of missing was six. That number fell to four on Saturday after locating two of the missing men.

Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah Sami Badawood has insisted that the official figures from Civil Defense are correct.

“What is the point in withdrawing information if more people were drowned?” he wondered.

However, a Turkish barber told Arab News that he knew of two of his fellow countrymen who had drowned in the flood. The official statement identified only one Turk among the casualties.

Spokesman for the Health Department Abdul Rahman Al-Sobhi told Arab News last week that the local custom of hurrying to bury the dead even without waiting for identifying them among the flood victims could be one reason for unreported deaths.

Meanwhile, officials in the consulates general of Bangladesh, the Philippines, Pakistan and Indonesia said none of their citizens were reported missing in the flood. However, one Bangladeshi was electrocuted while crossing a road, according to the consulate.

An official of the Philippine Consulate said a 55-year-old Filipino died in the flood, while the Indonesian Consulate did not report any casualty.

An official of the Pakistan Consulate said no death of its national was reported though there were unconfirmed reports that a Pakistani was killed in a road accident on Haramain Expressway.

Media director at Jeddah governorate Maj. Gen. Muhammad Al-Qarni supplied the names of the dead in the flood on Jan. 26 providing name, nationality, age, cause of death and location:

1. Saad Abdullah Al-Daymami, Saudi, 18, drowned near the SAPTCO depot; 2. Muhammad Ahmad Haidar Ali, Yameni, 49, drowned, in Palestine Street; 3. Rajab Habeeb Karadishi, Turkish, 55, drowning, Palestine Street; 4. Muhammad Hasnain Fodah, Egyptian, 80, drowned in East Baghdadiyah; 5. Abdul Mohsen Awad Al-Mutairi, Saudi, 12, drowned at Prince Majed underpass; 6. Vineelo Mat, Filipino, 57, electrocuted, no location given; 7. Anwar Ali Idrees, Bangladeshi, 42, electrocuted, no location given; 8. Pramod Kumar, Nepali, age not known, electrocuted, no location given; 9. Ameerah Adam Ishaq, Chadian; 7, electrocuted, police discovered; and 10. Fatima Adam Ishaq, Chadian, 4, electrocuted, no location given.

The following are the names of the missing with their nationality, age and location:

1. Ayshah Wali Hakami, Saudi, 29, Al-Balad; 2. Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Al-Hajri, Saudi, 80, Al-Balad; 3. Meshari Rashid Al-Harbi, Saudi, 20, Al-Safa; and 4. Shareef Vadakalessery, Indian, 28, Al-Bawadi.