Article: Over 1,400 rescued from storm-struck southern Jordan

Over 1,400 rescued from storm-struck southern Jordan

AMMAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian civil defense teams and armed forces on Thursday rescued more than 1,400 persons who had been stranded for more than 24 hours in southern Jordan by a rare snowstorm in the country, local media reported.

"Our teams have rescued a total of 1,421 trapped people including tourists," an official of Jordan's Civil Defense Department Awad Masaeed was quoted as saying, adding that eight people were slightly injured in the storm.

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