 Ancient Petra | |
| Date | 27 December 2022 |
|---|---|
| Location | Petra, Jordan |
| Cause | Rainstorm |
| Deaths | Unknown |
| Property damage | Unknown |
On 27 December 2022, flash floods hit the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. [1] 1,700 tourists were evacuated from the historic site. [2] This was reportedly a result of historic rainfall that hit the area. [3]
In 2018, 20 people were killed by floods. [4]
In 1963, 23 French tourists, including archeologist Miriam Astruc, were swept away by floodwaters in the narrow Siq entrance to the city. [5]
Petra, originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because of the colour of the sandstone from which it is carved; it was famously called "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a poem of 1845 by John Burgon. It is adjacent to the mountain of Jabal Al-Madbah, in a basin surrounded by mountains forming the eastern flank of the Arabah valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Access to the city is through a famously picturesque 1.2-kilometre-long gorge called the Siq, which leads directly to the Khazneh.
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