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Rain Events Raise Water Levels in Several Dams to Spillway Levels, with Flood Discharge According to Operational Plans

2026/04/16 28 شوال، 1447

By the grace of God - the rain events in several regions of the Kingdom have raised water levels in a number of dams to spillway levels, with flood discharge carried out in accordance with operational plans. Over the past two days, dams in several regions of the Kingdom witnessed large volumes of floodwater flowing into them as a result of the rainfall experienced in a number of governorates, this led to water levels reaching the spillway threshold, quantities of inflow floodwater were discharged considering the release of transported sedimentation and the accommodation of the expected flood volumes. The dams that reached spillway levels include: • Atud Dam – Asir Region, with a storage capacity of 10 million cubic meters. • Tarjis Dam – Asir Region, with a storage capacity of 10 million cubic meters. • Al-Hariq Dam – Al-Hariq Governorate, with a storage capacity of 6 million cubic meters. • Al-Halifah Dam – Hail Region, with a storage capacity of 2.8 million cubic meters. • Al-Mutrifiyah Dam – Ad-Diriyyah Governorate, with a storage capacity of 2.5 million cubic meters. • Al-Ghayl Dam – Al-Aflaj Governorate, with a storage capacity of 3 million cubic meters. • Ad-Dabiyah Dam – Hail Region, with a storage capacity of 1.2 million cubic meters. • Al-Muzayriyah Dam – Ad-Diriyah Governorate, with a storage capacity of 1.2 million cubic meters. • Al-Haddar Dam – Al-Aflaj Governorate, with a storage capacity of 800,000 cubic meters. • Tamrah Dam – As-Sulayil Governorate, with a storage capacity of 470,000 cubic meters. • Amud Dam – Jazan Region, with a storage capacity of 85,000 cubic meters. The total designed capacity of the overflowing dams is 38.055 million cubic meters. Specialists at the Saudi Irrigation Organization (SIO) continue to operate the dams in accordance with approved technical procedures and in direct coordination with relevant authorities to ensure readiness and safety. The SIO also urges the public to exercise caution, stay away from flood paths and its discharge sites, dam basins and its flow streams.