This Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 photo, shows Hussein Al Hasanat, left, of the Petra Authority, checking one of two water level monitors placed to warn of flooding, in Petra, Jordan.

The Ministry of Water and Irrigation launched its annual report for 2024, highlighting the key achievements and challenges in the Kingdom's water sector and reviewing its plans to improve resource ...

The Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Sunday signed agreements for projects under the Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Program, in partnership with the U.S. government, to benefit nearly four ...

The venture also includes constructing a reclaimed water reservoir and providing advisory services to farmers on water-saving ...

The ancient rock city of Petra has been flooded after a freak rainfall lashed the archaeological site, forcing evacuations. Water from nearby mountains in Jordan gushed into the iconic rose-red ...

Visitors to Jordan's ancient city of Petra encounter parched, tomb-like facades carved at cave entrances, but the arid remains mask what archaeologists have learned was a verdant trade center ...

In the ancient city of Petra, Jordan's best-known tourist destination, bird song echoes against the multicolored rock and the elaborate monuments instead of the din of tour groups and souvenir ...

Of course, Petra's actual roots stretch back over two millennia further than its modern "rediscovery"—and the area as a whole was settled some 7,000 years prior to that—when Petra served as ...

This Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 photo, shows Hussein Al Hasanat, left, of the Petra Authority, checking one of two water level monitors placed to warn of flooding, in Petra, Jordan.

PETRA, JORDAN — In ancient times, ... More than two millennia later, an alarm system warns visitors if flood water rushes toward what has become Jordan's main tourist attraction.