RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce has confirmed that the customer has the right to cancel the purchase process if the e-store has delayed in delivering the order of a period exceeding 15 days, unless there was another date for delivery.

It has clarified that the customer has also the right to get a refund with what he paid after canceling the order request, or any costs incurred from that, in the event of a delay in the order’s arrival, unless the store had a strong reason that led to the delay.

The ministry said that the e-store has the right to notify the customer if there will be a delay in delivering the order if they were facing obstacles that may affect the agreed delivery date.

The customer has the right to continue completing the order after getting notified that the delivery date has been modified, or to cancel it.

Source: https://twitter.com/saudi_gazette/status/1613294690689744899?s=46&t=eRh17gi4LJePCfYi6R5NmQ

Riyadh, Jan 09, 2023, SPA — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has issued its daily forecast report for the weather in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The report said that the moderate and torrential thundershowers, accompanied by active winds will be forecasted to fall on some parts of Makkah, Madinah, Baha, Eastern, Riyadh, Qassim, Hail, Tabuk, Northern Borders and Jawf regions and the fog will be seen on the said regions, reducing the horizontal sight.

The report added that Northern Borders, Jawf, Tabuk, Hail, Madinah and Makkah regions will witness low temperatures and the snow will fall on the heights of Tabuk region ( Jabal Al-Lawz, Alaqan and Dhuhr).

The report showed that the surface wind movement in the Red Sea will be northerly to northwesterly at speed of 20-40km/h, on the northern and central parts and southeasterly to southwesterly at speed of 20-40km/h on the southern part, reaching 45km/h on the central and southern parts, with occurring of thunderstorms, while the surface wind movement in the Arabian Gulf will be northerly to northeasterly, gradually turning easterly at speed of 10-25km/h on the southern part and southwesterly to southeasterly at speed of 20-40km/h on the northern part, reaching 45km/h, with occurring of thunderstorms .

Source: https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2415960#2415960

Riyadh, Jan 07, 2023, SPA — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has issued its daily forecast report for the weather in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The report said that light, moderate and torrential thundershowers, accompanied by active winds are still forecasted to hit some parts of Riyadh and Eastern regions, while the sky will be partly cloudy, accompanied by thunderstorms on some parts of Najran, Jazan, Asir, Baha and Makkah regions.

The report added that the fog will be seen on some parts the said regions, as well as some parts of Northern Borders, Tabuk, Jawf, Hail and Qassim regions, reducing the horizontal sight and the northern regions of the Kingdom will be forecasted to witness frost.

The report showed that the surface wind movement in the Red Sea will be northerly to northwesterly at speed of 15-35km/h, on the northern and central parts and northeasterly to southeasterly at speed of 20-40km/h on the southern part, reaching more than 45km/h, with occurring of thunderstorms, while the surface wind movement in the Arabian Gulf will be northwesterly at speed of 10-30km/h on the northern part and easterly to the northeasterly, gradually turning northerly to northwesterly at speed of 18-38km/h, on southern part, reaching more than 45km/h, with occurring of thunderstorms.

Source: https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2415562#2415562

MADINAH — Saudi citizen Mazen Al-Juhani succeeded in saving the life of a child from floods in Madinah.

According to Al-Ekhbariya, Al-Juhani, a soldier in the Special Emergency Forces, said that he responded to a call from his nephew while he was in the house.

She told him that a kid was struggling and stuck in the torrents.

He immediately went to the area where the child was, saw that the child was stuck in a rocky area in the stream in the Al-Azizia neighborhood of Madinah.

He said, that all indications were that the child had fallen and got stuck for hours in the middle of rainwater pools.

Due to Al-Juhani’s experience and practice in the field of rescue, he was able to successfully save the child in less than half an hour.

He said that his hand was injured during the rescue attempt. “When I descended into the valley, I slipped, and hurt my hand. But the safety and survival of the child is of utmost important, and I soldiered on and succeeded,” he stressed.

He said that when he reached the child, all he saw was a frightened and shivering child following his long ordeal in the cold water.

“I talked to him, calmed him down and only after winning his confidence that I was able to save him,” he added.

The rescue attempt and the eventual rescue got traction in social media. The video of the moment Al-Juhani rescuing the child from the floods, with the help of the people of the neighborhood in the rescue operation, went viral and received great interaction.

Source: Saudi Gazette