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The Director of the Meteorological Department, Raed Al-Khattab, said that there is a weak chance of light snow showers over the tops of the Al-Sharra Mountains, in the late hours of Thursday-Friday night.
Al-Khattab told Al-Mamlaka on Thursday that the snow showers will not be effective and will not accumulate, as they will be light and intermittent.
He pointed out that the very cold air mass gradually deepened on Thursday, as temperatures dropped significantly.
Light showers of rain are expected in the northern and central regions, accompanied by brisk westerly to northwesterly winds that raise dust, especially in the desert areas.
For its part, the Jordan Valley Authority called on farmers in the Jordan Valley and various regions of the Kingdom to take all precautionary measures to protect their crops from the danger of freezing and frost formation.
And the Ministry of Local Administration announced, on Wednesday evening, a medium state of emergency in the Kingdom, and according to developments in the weather situation that currently affects the Kingdom.
The Ministry stressed that the emergency rooms in municipalities and the main and joint service councils in Amman deal immediately with any emergency events that may accompany the weather condition, and inform the main emergency room in Amman of developments in a timely manner through the Ministry's emergency system.
The Ministry called on municipalities, joint service councils, and directorates of municipal affairs in the various governorates and districts of the Kingdom, to fully coordinate and cooperate with the administrative governors, operations and other emergency rooms affiliated to the Ministry of Public Works, Interior, Civil Defense, the Jordanian Armed Forces, the Greater Amman Municipality, and others, and to provide the mechanisms, equipment, cadres, and capabilities available to them to assist. In the face of emergency cases and events that accompany the weather, and announce emergency room phone numbers to citizens in various media and on social networking sites, to ensure permanent communication with citizens.
The Ministry called on citizens to fully cooperate with the instructions for dealing with the weather condition, and not hesitate to contact the main emergency rooms in the Ministry in Amman on the phone numbers: 064631987 and 064622372, to report any emergency situation due to the weather condition that needs the intervention of emergency rooms in municipalities and service councils. common.