Early government preparations and plans to deal with the 2026-2027 rainy season

Al-Amoush added that the ministry has been following up with municipalities for more than two months on preparations for the rainy season, noting the presence of inspection teams monitoring the work of the 104 municipalities through the municipal affairs directorates spread across all governorates of the Kingdom, in cooperation with joint services councils.

He explained that the ministry has activated the early warning system, which identifies the locations, quantities, timing, and intensity of rainfall, noting that preparations for winter and weather depressions are carried out through an integrated government effort in coordination with administrative governors, service councils, Civil Defense, and emergency rooms in municipalities, governorates, and districts.

For his part, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing for Technical Affairs, Waseem Al-Adwan, said that the ministry's handling of the rainy season falls within the national plan for dealing with exceptional rainy conditions, which is prepared by state agencies and from which a unified plan is derived, existing at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management.

Al-Adwan added that coordination is taking place jointly between the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, the Ministry of Local Administration, and the Greater Amman Municipality, in cooperation with administrative governors and governorates, explaining that plans are integrated in areas where the jurisdictions of Public Works, municipalities, and the Greater Amman Municipality overlap.

He indicated that the ministry began, since the end of the last 2025-2026 rainy season, to address the damage to the road network and culverts, and to prepare early for the next season by cleaning culverts and rainwater trenches and addressing the hot spots that were dealt with last year.

Al-Adwan pointed out that the ministry dealt with about 141 hot spots through studied technical and engineering interventions, confirming that these points have been completely resolved with appropriate engineering solutions, in addition to addressing the damage that caused road closures in some areas, including areas located between Karak and Tafilah and the eastern Jordan Valley.

He noted that the ministry rehabilitated the protections for bridge exits on the Dead Sea road and has finished the work completely, explaining that the ministry is responsible for about 15,000 kilometers of the road network in the Kingdom, which is about 34% of the total length of roads in Jordan.

He added that the ministry's responsibility includes more than 5,800 culverts, more than 300 bridges, and 50 tunnels, confirming that all these facilities have been verified, and that the ministry possesses a platform that allows viewing the actual status of each facility through recent images, and evaluating them in terms of structure, cleanliness, and readiness for rainwater drainage.

Regarding the financial allocations for addressing damages, Al-Adwan said that the financial challenge exists, but the efforts of state agencies contributed to implementing the necessary interventions, noting that the provision of allocations was done immediately under the directives of the Prime Minister and the follow-up of the Minister of Public Works, and this did not affect the workflow.

He explained that some damages required short-term solutions, while others took months to resolve, confirming that these files have been overcome and that they are prepared, in integration with state agencies, to deal with the upcoming rainy season.

In turn, the Executive Director of Roads at the Greater Amman Municipality, Suleiman Al-Shammari, said that the municipality's preparations for the rainy season continue throughout the year and proceed along two parallel tracks: the first is maintaining the efficiency of the existing network through rehabilitation, maintenance, cleaning of manholes and drains, and maintaining torrent channels and valleys to ensure their readiness.

Al-Shammari added that the municipality has completed the cleaning of torrent channels and culverts and is currently working on inspecting them for the second time to ensure their safety, while the second track involves enhancing and constructing new lines and networks for rainwater drainage through the municipality's technical staff and specialized tenders to address hot spots.

He confirmed that the Greater Amman Municipality is cleaning rainwater drainage lines and manholes, explaining that specialized teams carry out electronic inspections and daily reviews of the areas, in addition to the presence of committees tasked with ensuring the safety and cleanliness of rainwater drainage lines and documenting their work with photos and videos.