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Torrential rainfall flooded streets and disrupted electricity in parts of Saudi Arabia's second largest city Jeddah on Wednesday. Cars floated in streets turned again into rivers, while putrid odours filled the air as sewage from underground tanks overflowed and mixed with flood water in the Red Sea port of four million. Authorities urged residents to stay indoors but gave no immediate assessment of damages or any casualties. Earlier, in 2009 120 people were killed due to rains.
