{"id":116162,"date":"2022-12-27T16:26:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T13:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=116162"},"modified":"2022-12-27T16:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T13:31:51","slug":"heavy-rains-and-ice-flakes-cause-traffic-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/heavy-rains-and-ice-flakes-cause-traffic-jams\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rains and  ice flakes cause traffic jams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"about:blank\" width=\"269\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftimeskuwait%2Fvideos%2F665134238645752%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=269&amp;t=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Meteorological Department of the General Administration of Civil Aviation revealed that the highest level of rain was recorded\u00a0in the Ahmadi region at 52 mm, while the amount of rainfall varied in other regions.<\/p>\n<p>Tiny Ice flakes continued to fall, as security and traffic patrols were dispatched in order to assist in any emergencies due to the unstable weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as social media users circulated video clips of snowfall in Umm Al-Hayman, and several regions in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"about:blank\" width=\"269\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftimeskuwait%2Fvideos%2F1834808953570228%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=269&amp;t=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116164\" src=\"http:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rain2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rain2.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rain2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rain2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rain2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rain2-696x696.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rain2-420x420.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Meteorological Department of the General Administration of Civil Aviation revealed that the highest level of rain was recorded\u00a0in the Ahmadi region at 52 mm, while the amount of rainfall varied in other regions. 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