Earlier last night, lightning struck the Al Faisaliyah Tower in Riydah, Saudi Arabia. This happened moments before the heavy downpours took place in the entire city causing flash floods which has resulted in terrible traffic congestion.





It looks nothing so alarming happened to the building aside from those sparks from the top of the building lighting up Riyadh skyline. These days, structures especially high- rise buildings are well equipped with surge arresters to protect power distribution and telecommunication systems from high voltage surges caused by lightning strikes. The system arrest surges currents at their point of installation, discharging them to earth so that they bypass critical equipment.

Al Faisaliyah Tower in Riyadh is the third tallest building in the entire Saudi Arabia.

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Residents of Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia were all shocked as the city experienced two hours of heavy rains Saturday night Nov 16, 2013. The city easily became flooded with that continuous pouring over a short period.





Generally, Saudi Arabia doesn’t receive much amount of rainfall all throughout the year. Report says that, it’s only about 0.2 inches of rainfall the country has received in the month of November. Reports also say that a heavy blanket of cloud enveloped Riyadh’s skyline before the downpours began. The city perhaps was not prepared and was not able to handle the two hours of rain filling in the streets and main roads which resulted in terrific traffic congestion.

The reason it probably doesn't rain is #Riyadh . The people clearly not ready for it. #Accidents #SaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/jdlRuzTTWD
— NeMon|x (@irisgenx) November 16, 2013

اللهم احفظ أهل الرياض اللهم اجعلها أمطار رحمه منك عليهم ليس غضب واحفظهم بحفظك #الرياض_تغرق #أمطار_الرياض pic.twitter.com/SyJ6R7xsyy
— Talal ™✨ (@iTalal8) November 16, 2013

Riyadh is now like the sea due to rain pic.twitter.com/KA7GjpZe78
— Bdoor Al-Qarni (@g_bdoor) November 16, 2013

On the other hand, some residents were reported to be happy with the change in weather and enjoying the onset of winter earlier during the day. It’s probably because it is very rare to have them experienced such downpours. Temperature in the city was recorded with lows of 24 degrees Celsius in the evening and is expected to further go down today.

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