The weather has cooled down significantly in Amman this past week. It feels like it’s suddenly gone from Summer to Winter in the space of just a few days.
Yesterday it started raining heavily. So heavily in fact that the city received almost 10% of it’s annual rainfall in just 45 minutes.
The ground is very dry, and largely concrete and tarmac, so flash flooding ensued.
4 people died in the flooding, including two children who were trapped in their basement apartment.
Here’s one of the rescues that took place: