Meteorological Center predicts heavy rains on several provinces

SANAA, Aug. 02 (YPA) – The National Meteorological Center has expected heavy rains on most of the Yemeni provinces within the coming 24 hours.

In its forecast, the center affirmed that rain of varying intensity, accompanied by thunderstorms, might fall on the deserts and mountainous heights of the provinces of the provinces of Mahra, Hadramout, Shabwa, Abyan, Bayda, Marib and Jawf, Lahj, Taiz, Ibb, Dhalea, Rima, Mahweet, Hajjah, Dhamar, Sanaa, Amran and Saada.

The center stated that the monsoon winds would be it speeds between 30-40 knots in the Socotra archipelago and 15-25 knots in the Gulf of Aden, the eastern and southern coasts, and the entrance to Bab al-Mandab.

It warned citizens against being in the valleys and flood corridors, and water ways as a result of rain, calling on motorists to drive carefully on mountainous roads due to the low horizontal visibility dense low clouds.

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