Extreme rains brought to a halt one of the hottest and driest cities on
Torrential rains across the United Arab Emirates prompted flight cancellations, forced schools to shut and brought traffic to a standstill.
Torrential rains across the United Arab Emirates prompted flight cancellations, forced schools to shut and brought traffic to a standstill.
Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation, flooding roads
Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake of unusually heavy rainDubai is wrestling with the aftermath of extraordinary torrential rains that flooded the desert city, with residents describing harrowing stories of spending the night in their cars, and air passengers enduring chaotic scenes at airports.Up to 259.5mm (10.2in) of rain fell on the usually arid country of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the most since records began 75...
The arid nation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) received the "heaviest rain ever" on Tuesday, leading to flooding in Dubai.The rain was called “a historic weather event” by the state-run WAM news agency, surpassing "anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman also received rainfall on Tuesday.The widespread rainwitnessed across the UAE is believed to have been caused by “cloud seeding”, among other factors. Emirates' National Center for...
Heavy rain and flash floods sweep across the desert nation.
Punishing rains - the heaviest experienced by the UAE in the 75 years that records have been kept - brought much of the country to a standstill and trapped thousands earlier this week
Climate change is behind torrential downpours and unusual flooding in the normally arid Dubai.
Passengers were warned not to come to Dubai airport, the world's busiest by international traffic, 'unless absolutely necessary'
Rain will continue over through the weekend, with a potential for it to
Heavy rains have been pounding the country since mid-March and the Meteorology Department has warned of more rainfall. The flooding already killed nearly 100 people.