Cars are swept away and roads turned into rivers as Saudi Arabia is hit by floods two weeks after apocalyptic Dubai storms blamed on cloud-seeding [Video]

Flash flooding has devastated parts of Saudi Arabia this week with shocking footage showing cars being swept away by the deluge as roads were submerged amid torrential downpours.

Clips shared on social media showed how major highways in the Kingdom were overrun by devastating floodwater that cascaded down typically dry and rocky outcrops and swept through cities and towns below. 

Residents were seen abandoning their cars in the street to run to safety in Qassim – one of the worst hit areas, as other partially submerged vehicles tried to plough through feet of standing water.

A thunderstorm also engulfed Qassim overnight, dumping incessant rainfall on the province for around seven hours.