Kingdom receives 17% of annual average rainfall

AMMAN — Since the start of the rainy season, Jordan has witnessed 1.394 billion cubic meters (bcm) of rainfall, 17 percent of the Kingdom’s annual average of 8.1bcm, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation announced on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said that the Kingdom’s dams now hold 10.1 percent of their total capacity of 280.7 million cubic meters (mcm), or 28.3mcm, after rainfall over the previous 24 hours raised their level by some 930,000 cubic meters, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Read more National news Jordan News   (window.globalAmlAds = window.globalAmlAds || []).push('admixer_async_509089081')   (window.globalAmlAds = window.globalAmlAds || []).push('admixer_async_552628228') Read More Jordan’s Ministry of Education Opens Applications for 2025 Additional Teaching Program Two New Evening Licensing Stations to Open in Zarqa Highway and Bani Kanana 797 Beggars Caught in June, Says Social Development Ministry