A Belgian tourist and his son, Disappeared for several hours, they died from the floods that affected the Petra archaeological site, In the southwest of Jordan, And they forced evacuate to at least 1.800 personas.
The rescue teams found “the bodies of a woman and her son, Both Belgian citizens, who had disappeared after flooding in the Shubak region, about 200 kilometers south of Amman “, according to a statement from the General Security Directorate. “The bodies found after several hours of Search in difficult conditions climatic have been evacuated, “he added without giving more details.
The commissioner of the Department of Protected Areas and Tourism of the Regional Authority for Development and Tourism of Petra (PDTRA), Yazan Mahadin, reported that rescue teams of the PDTRA and Civil Defense They evacuated “hundreds of tourists in Petra”, without specifying the figure of evacuates of the 1,785 people who visited the temple.
Las heavy rains that flooded the archaeological site, where tourists visit mostly The Treasury, the SIQ, the Rasasa area, the monastery and the roofs of the Aaron prophet. Mahadin added, in statements to Jordana television to Mamlaka, that the authority also suspended the Ticket sales to Petra to guarantee the safety of tourists.
Sudden floods
Petra recorded heavy rains Due to the arrival of a bubble that affected the regions of southern Jordan, which caused sudden floods In some valleys and low areas, in the midst of a significant decrease in temperatures and strong winds.
The PDTRA urged citizens to act with caution and to avoid valleys and areas with accumulation of floods and rains, as well as to follow the instructions and guidelines issued by the competent authorities to guarantee security and avoid any risk derived from weather conditions.
In 2022, heavy rains forced the authorities to evacuate more than 1,700 tourists from the temple, although then they pointed out that it isE flood phenomenon He had been repeating in the last 30 years.
Previously, in 2018 a total of 12 people victims of torrential rains in several areas of the country and forced to evacuate thousands of citizens and tourists from the monumental city of Petra.
The city of Petra is an archaeological site completely excavated in rock, that dates back to the time of the Nabateans, around the 5th century BC, and is considered one of the most important treasures in the world
