VIDEO: Torrential rain and hailstorms hit Makkah and Jeddah

Saudi Arabian authorities shuttered schools in several regions on Monday as heavy rain and flash floods inundated roads. Some flights out of Jeddah airport were cancelled in the latest instance of heavy rain disrupting life in the Kingdom.

Videos shared on social media showed partially submerged cars struggling to drive through standing water in the central Makkah.

"The rain continued for seven hours from the morning until afternoon until in very large quantities," a resident said.

The official spokesman for the National Center of Meteorology, Hussein Al-Qahtani, revealed the total rainfall so far.

Al-Qahtani explained that Al-Basatin neighborhood in Jeddah recorded the highest amount of rain at 38 mm, and the central area of ​​the Prophet's Mosque 36 mm, and the rainy situation is still continuing in the regions of the Kingdom.

He called for keenness to follow the instructions and warnings issued by the competent authorities, for the safety of everyone.

The National Center of Meteorology expected that the expectation of medium to heavy thunderstorms will continue, leading to torrential rain accompanied by hail showers and active winds that stir up dust and dirt in parts of the regions of Northern Borders, Al-Jawf, Hail, Madinah, extending to parts of the regions: Qassim, Eastern Province, Riyadh, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Al-Baha, and will be light to moderate in parts of the Tabuk region, with a chance of fog forming in parts of those regions, while light snowfall is not ruled out in the northern parts of the Kingdom.

Authorities shared pictures on X of maintenance workers repairing electricity lines in several areas of the kingdom.

Rainstorms and flooding are not unheard of in Saudi Arabia, especially in winter, and larger, more densely populated cities can struggle with drainage.

Such problems are an annual occurrence in Jeddah, the port city on the Red Sea coast.

Global warming emissions "most likely" exacerbated that rain, an expert group of scientists said in a study published last week.