RIYADH - Flash floods killed at least 34 people in Saudi Arabia in the last two days, sweeping cars off roads and destroying houses, newspapers said on Friday.
Al Okaz newspaper said 37 people were killed in the southern Asir province and the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Another daily, Al Watan, put the death toll at 34.
Newspapers published pictures of bodies covered in blankets, car accidents on waterlogged roads and dead cattle.
Severe rain storms are common in some areas of Saudi Arabia.
In January, floodwaters killed 29 people in the western city of Medina.
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