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1 | Saudi Arabia: Covering the Rain | Arabia Saodita: feno orana |
2 | Saudi Arabia's citizen media community pulled all the stops to cover torrential rains which struck Riyadh today. | Mitady ny fomba rehetra hanajanonana ny ranobe vokatry ny orana nivatravatra tany Riyadh androany ny mponina any Arabia Saodita. |
3 | A dedicated blog was set up in hours to aggregate content from Twitter and YouTube, featuring Twitter updates and videos uploaded on to video sharing site YouTube. | Misy bilaogy manokana natsangana hanangom-baovao avy amin'ny twitter sy ny YouTube, miaraka amin'ny vaovao farany ao amin'ny twitter sy sary mihetsika navoaka tao amin'ny sita YouTube. |
4 | The blog is entitled The Riyadh Rain Catastrophe. | Mitondra ny lohateny hoe ny bilaogy The Riyadh Rain Catastrophe. |
5 | This video by s123ssa shows flooded roads and cars manoeuvring their way through the floods, with onlookers cheering the brave drivers: | Ity sary mihetsika nalefan'i s123ssa ity ny lalana difotry ny rano sy ireo fiara mitady lalana ao anaty rano, jeren'ny mpitazana mampirisika ireto mpamily mahery fo |
6 | People wading through the ‘lakes' formed by the rain can also be seen. | Hita eto koa ireo olona mivoy ao anatin'ny “farihy” namboarin'ny orana. |
7 | Hamodhamad filmed the rain, and the floods it created here: | Hamodhamad naka sary mihetsika ny orana, sy ny ranobe naterany hitanao eto: |
8 | This video also shows cars making their way through the ‘rivers' as well as several stalled cars, which did not survive the experience. | Asehon'ny sary mihetsika eto koa ireo fiara mandeha anaty “renirano” sy ireo fiara hafa maty fa tsy mahatanty ny zava-misy. |
9 | In one clip, a truck is speeding through the water, trying to overtake a Land Cruiser. | Eo amin'ny ampahan-tsary no ahitana fiarabe iray mandeha mafy ao aanty rano miezaka manatratra Land Cruiser. |
10 | This video, by flv. | Ity sary mihetsika ity, nalefan'i flv. |
11 | 2, shows drenched neighbourhoods: | 2, mampiseho ny tanàna difotry ny rano: |
12 | For more videos, check out the blog above. | Ho an'ny sary mihetsika hafa, jereo eo ambony ny bilaogy . |
13 | Saudi Jeans‘ Ahmed Al Omran has also uploaded several excellent videos showing the extensive damage and flooding caused by the storm. | Saudi Jeans‘ Ahmed Al Omran koa nandefa sary mihetsika mahavariana mampiseho ny hamafin'ny fahavoazana sy ny tondra-drano nateraky ny orambe. |
14 | Among them is this video, by sssuuuwww, which shows students rescued from a bus, which ‘sunk': | Anisan'ireny ity sary mihetsika ity, nalefan'i sssuuuwww, mampiseho mpianatra voavonjy tao anatin'ny fiarabe fitaterana rendrika': |
15 | Al Omran writes: | Al Omran manoratra: |
16 | It is raining heavily on the capital Riyadh at the moment, and the situation looks disastrous. | Avy be ny orana ao an-drenivohitra Riyadh amin'izao fotoana izao, ary tahaka ny ho ratsy ny zava-misy. |
17 | From what I can see, it is a scary reminder of the Jeddah floods. | Araka ny zavatra hitako, dia mitovy amin'ny tondra-drano Jeddah ihany izy ity. |
18 | People are stuck in highways and streets around the city, especially in the north and east. Major roads are blocked. | Tavela eny amin'ny làlana manodidina ny tanàna ny olona, indrindra fa ny any avaratra sy atsinanana. |
19 | At least one person is dead. The Civil Defense and the Ministry of Health have announced a state of emergency. | Tsy azo ampiasaina ny lalana lehibe. olona iray no maty. niantso fanjakana anaty fahamehana ny minisitry ny fiarovam-pirenena sy ny minisitry ny fahasalamana. . |
20 | You can follow the news on Twitter in real time using the hashtag #riyadhrain. | Afaka arahanao ara-potoana ao amin'ny twitter ny vaovao, mampiasà ny#riyadhrain. |
21 | You can also use RiyadRain.com, which aggregates content from Twitter. | Afaka mampiasa ny RiyadRain.com koa ianao, izay manome vaovao avy amin'ny twitter. |
22 | People in Riyadh are advised to stay home as heavy rains are expected to continue. | Tsaratsara amin'ny mponina ao Riyadh no tsy mivoaka ny trano raha mbola avy be ny orana. |
23 | Also on Global Voices Online: | Amira Al Hussaini |
24 | Saudi Arabia: When it rains in Riyadh, it pours | |