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  1. 4 days ago · On April 16, 2024, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) experienced unprecedented rainfall in Dubai, causing widespread flooding, lost of lives and infrastructural damage. The desert city received over 120 mm (4.72 inches) of rain in a single day, equivalent to its average annual rainfall.

  2. 2 days ago · An average year sees 94.7 millimeters (3.73 inches) of rain at Dubai International Airport. Other areas of the country saw even more precipitation. The UAE's drainage systems quickly became overwhelmed, flooding out neighborhoods, business districts and even portions of the 12-lane Sheikh Zayed Road highway running through Dubai.

  3. 2 days ago · By the end of Tuesday, more than 142mm (5.59 inches) had soaked Dubai. An average year sees 94.7mm (3.73 inches) of rain at Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel and a hub for the long-haul carrier Emirates. At the airport, pools of water lapped on taxiways as aircraft landed.

  4. 5 days ago · The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a relatively new country, formed in 1971. Yet Dubai, one of its seven emirates and most populous city, has a much longer history: strategically located on the tip ...

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  6. 3 days ago · Flooded UAE counts cost of epic rainstorm. An abandoned vehicle is seen on a flooded highway after a rainstorm in Dubai on Wednesday. CHRISTOPHER PIKE/GETTY IMAGES. DUBAI — Emergency workers tried to clear waterlogged roads and people assessed the damage to homes and businesses on Thursday after a rare and epic rainstorm swamped the United ...

  7. 3 days ago · Intense flooding across the Arabian Peninsula caused by a storm in mid-April sparked speculation about the role cloud seeding might have played in the precipitation event, giving rise to conspiracy theories on social media and warnings trumpeting the hazards of human intervention into natural processes. Cloud seeding is not the only climate change-adaptive strategy to have been targeted in ...

  8. 3 days ago · Photo by Samuel Wilson-Pool/Getty Images 2020s: Yellowstone River flooding, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, USA ... On April 15, 2024, the desert emirate of Dubai was lashed by 9.8 inches (250mm) of ...

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