{
  "id": 16997648,
  "title": "Woman and niece killed as flash floods sweep away car in Jordan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/woman-and-niece-killed-as-flash-floods-sweep-away-car-in-jordan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T02:55:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/woman-and-niece-killed-as-flash-floods-sweep-away-car-in-jordan-1.500727614"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A tragic accident in Jordan's Madaba governorate resulted in the deaths of a 37-year-old woman and her 27-year-old niece when their car was swept away by flash floods. The vehicle plunged more than 100 meters down into a valley after being carried away from the Sayagha Bridge. The incident occurred as the car was en route to Madaba during heavy rainfall. The rain had been light around sunset before the floods intensified rapidly. The woman's brother, the driver, managed to escape by jumping from the vehicle and reaching safety. Civil Defense teams and locals launched a search operation, recovering the first body about seven kilometers from the accident site on Wednesday. The second victim's body was found five kilometers along the floodwater channel the next day. The older victim was a mother of four young children, with the youngest being just 18 months old. The niece was a university graduate employed as a teacher in Jordan's supplementary education program. Regrettably, one young male was also killed, while another remains missing in this latest instance of flash floods in Jordan.",
  "summary": "Dubai: A 37-year-old woman and her 27-year-old niece died after flash floods swept their vehicle off a bridge in Jordan's Madaba governorate, carrying it more than 100 metres into a valley, local media reported. The tragedy occurred near the Sayagha Bridge as the vehicle was travelling towards Madaba when torrents of water surged from higher ground following rainfall. Get updated faster and for…",
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    "37-year-old woman and 27-year-old niece killed in flash floods",
    "Car swept 100 meters down valley after Sayagha Bridge",
    "Victim's brother escaped by jumping from vehicle"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}