Floods sweep away a young man who tried to cross a stream in Al-Bukmal Details: Civil defense teams in Deir ez-Zor announced that currents resulting from heavy rain swept away a young man, on the night of Friday, November 6, while he was trying to cross the stream by swimming in the Wadi al-Bukmal area at Sawaiya Bridge in the east of the district, despite warnings that had been announced. The Civil Defense renewed its warnings to citizens against approaching valley streams and depressions during rains, and warned against attempting to cross floods or waterways under any circumstances, because of the danger it poses to their lives.