At other locations, it is not unusual for the road to be underneath metres of water.

When full, the lake holds about 500 million cubic metres of water.

Areas close to the centre of town are under up to a metre of water.

The reservoir can hold 13 million cubic metres of water.

It is expected to provide Jordan with 500 million cubic metres of water annually.

The company is licensed to pump almost 1,000 cubic metres of water per day.

The helicopter is sitting in around 2900 metres of water.

Many districts are under as much as three metres of water.

The last major flood was in 2006 when many houses closer to the river were flooded with 2 metres of water.

Today, the city is covered by at least 8 metres of water.