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The record of sudden floods near the Jordanian shores on the edge of the Dead Sea rose to 20 on Friday, which Civil Defense officials described as one of the deadliest incidents. involving schoolchildren in the kingdom.
The search for survivors continued after daybreak. , with helicopters and teams with sniffer dogs roaming the rocky slopes near the Dead Sea in the Jordan Valley.
The body of a 12-year-old girl was found early Friday and several others were reported missing. The Director General of Civil Defense, Mustafa al-Basaiah.
Thirteen of the dead and 26 of the three dozen injured during Thursday's flash floods were college students, officials said.
The incident started early Thursday afternoon. When 37 students from a private Amman school, seven adult chaperones and other visitors were taking a break from a hot spring located several miles from the shores of the Dead Sea.
A complex rescue operation involving helicopters, divers, sniffer dogs and hundreds of searchers continued into the night. Thursday and resumed Friday. The Israeli army also announced the dispatch of a rescue team at the request of the Jordanian government.
Brig. General Farid al-Sharaa, spokesman for the Civil Defense, said Friday that the floods were one of the deadliest of all time involving schoolchildren.
Jordan's King Abdullah II canceled a planned working visit to Bahrain, initially scheduled for Friday. He was to be the main speaker at a security conference.
The king orders the Jordanian flag, located at the main entrance of the palace, to fly for three days half-baton in mourning the victims of the flood.
The Secretary General and several regional officials have sent their condolences.
The low-lying area of the Dead Sea is prone to sudden flooding when rain water falls from adjacent hills. In April, 10 Israeli students were killed in a sudden flood while they were hiking near the Dead Sea.
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