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  1. 2 days ago · The record rains -- the heaviest in the UAE since records began 75 years ago -- flooded homes, roads and malls and forced Dubai airport to cancel more than 2,000 flights.

  2. 2 days ago · 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. The state-run WAM news agency called the rain “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.”

  3. 2 days ago · The Emirati meteorological centre said it did not perform seeding operations during the floods. "Due to the excessive use of silver iodide to create artificial rain, Dubai saw its heaviest rainfall in a single day since meteorological records began in 1949," read a simplified Chinese post on Weibo on April 18, 2024.

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  5. 3 days ago · JBA, global leader in flood risk management, conducted an Extreme Value Analysis on rainfall data to estimate the return period of the event. On that basis, the observed daily rainfall of 168 mm in Dubai coast on April 16 suggests a 125-year rainfall event for Dubai City, while in the east of the UAE (Kalba), the 240 mm of rainfall suggests a ...

  6. 1 day ago · Dubai, on the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was hit by record floods in mid-April. In a single day, it received a year’s worth of rainfall. This deluge resulted in 22 deaths and hundreds of millions in infrastructure damage. Schools across the UAE were closed for the remainder of the week, while Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates ...

  7. 2 days ago · The UAE hit a high of 49.2°C last week, with temperatures over 45°C reported days after. Following this, there has been a rise in the incidence of people falling ill, with symptoms such as high ...

  8. 3 days ago · The rate of business activity growth in the UAE's non-oil sector softened to a 16-month low in May as firms tackled disruptions from April's record flooding event, which led to the largest-ever increase in backlogs of work, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers' Index stayed ...

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