(MENAFN- Arab News) One person is suspected to have drowned in tabuk's red sea waters amid high tides on wednesday while a french tourist who was on a solo sea voyage from yemen to egypt was rescued by saudi coast guard the same day col. naji al-johani spokesman for saudi coast guard told arab news on thursday

'thierry ropert segono the french national experienced a technical snag on board his boat due to sudden sea level fluctuations" said al-johani. 'the coast guard rescued segono after picking up his call for help through a radar sensor system.

"his boat was brought to jeddah shore where he was given technical assistance" he said

'on thursday the coast guard also rescued two bangladeshi fishermen who were sailing on a boat that became stranded in the abu madafi area of the red sea due to strong currents" he said. 'the search for the two fishermen had been on since wednesday but they were found the next morning in good condition.

In the past few days several regions across the kingdom have been experiencing strong winds which created dust storms and choppy seas

Winds have adversely affected vessel movement at the jeddah islamic port the kingdom's largest cargo port. vessel movement was halted wednesday but was restored on thursday according to jip officials

Work in ports at yanbu jubail and dammam had also been affected said one source

Coast guard officials have warned fishermen the majority of whom are indian and bangladeshi against sailing when weather alerts are issued

Officials have also cautioned residents against swimming at the corniche over the weekend

'the movement of trucks to taif was also affected due to poor visibility and dust" said mohammed iqbal mohammed a trucker who drove from dammam to jeddah. 'the road between qassim and riyadh was also badly affected due to a dust storm on wednesday.

'the situation improved thursday" said baker sulaiman a resident in majmah a town along the highway.