The death toll in Saudi Arabia floods reached 106, msnbc website reports quoting a Saudi official.

Sudden torrential rains hit western part of country during the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage. Rescuers were working to find possible survivors from the floods. Heavy rains collapsed houses and bridges.

Dr. Sami Badawood in Jiddah informs that local hospitals are equipped duly to cope with all any possible outbreaks of diseases resulting from the flooding, the source reads.

1.6 million Muslim pilgrims came to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.