{"id":"2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","language":"en","title":"Aqaba reports rain totals while port operations continue normally","summary":"Petra reported rainfall readings of about 10.4 mm in northern Aqaba, 6.2 mm in the center and 6.4 mm in the south; roads, drainage and port operations were reported normal.","body":["Aqaba received varying rainfall during unsettled weather that began on Friday evening, according to a Petra report dated 10 October. The city’s Public Works director at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority said the highest cited totals were about 10.4 millimetres at the Customs and Al-Masfar areas in the north, 6.2 mm at the Development station in the center and 6.4 mm at the Ports station in the south.","The official said roads remained passable and stormwater drains were operating, with no accidents or significant damage reported. Traffic, tourism, port and container-terminal activity were also described as normal while crews positioned equipment at locations prone to water accumulation. The authority says it cleans and maintains channels, culverts and drains four times a year; the report expected the weather to ease gradually over the following hours."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Aqaba reports rain totals while port operations continue normally\n\nPetra reported rainfall readings of about 10.4 mm in northern Aqaba, 6.2 mm in the center and 6.4 mm in the south; roads, drainage and port operations were reported normal.\n\nAqaba received varying rainfall during unsettled weather that began on Friday evening, according to a Petra report dated 10 October. The city’s Public Works director at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority said the highest cited totals were about 10.4 millimetres at the Customs and Al-Masfar areas in the north, 6.2 mm at the Development station in the center and 6.4 mm at the Ports station in the south.\n\nThe official said roads remained passable and stormwater drains were operating, with no accidents or significant damage reported. Traffic, tourism, port and container-terminal activity were also described as normal while crews positioned equipment at locations prone to water accumulation. The authority says it cleans and maintains channels, culverts and drains four times a year; the report expected the weather to ease gradually over the following hours.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["logistics","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-10","eventDateBasis":"Petra’s report is dated Aqaba, 10 October 2026, at 20:11:22. It reports unsettled weather in the city since Friday evening, 9 October, rainfall totals and operating conditions on 10 October; the exact measurement interval for the three totals is not specified.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T20:21:07Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T20:21:07Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T20:18:37Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-10","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T20:01:32Z","sources":[{"url":"https://org.petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerPage.jsp?ID=361908&lang=ar&name=news","name":"Petra — “Aqaba Special” raises readiness for the weather situation","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","attribution":"Source: Petra, Jordan News Agency, reporting Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority’s Public Works director. Original factual paraphrase; no source image or prose reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct10-global-extra-asia-jo-aqaba-rainfall-port-operations"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release","industry-event"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"JO","subdivisionCode":"JO-AQ"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","forecast"],"measurementPeriod":null}}