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The United Arab Emirates witnessed the heaviest rainfall in 75 years this week, triggering massive flooding that swept away cars, caused flights to be canceled and left multiple people dead.
The United Arab Emirates announced $544.6 million to deal with damage to homes in flood. [23] [24] Authorities declared that posting false news, fake images or rumors about the floods were criminal offenses under the country's cybercrime laws. [25]
Intense rain in the Middle East from late Sunday through Tuesday caused extensive flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, where at least 20 people were killed by the floodwaters. The death ...
A year’s worth of rain unleashed immense flash flooding in Dubai Tuesday as roads turned into rivers ... Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images. Nearly 4 inches (100 mm) of rain fell over the course ...
Meanwhile, the death toll in separate heavy flooding in neighboring Oman rose to 18 with others still missing as the sultanate prepared for the storm. The rains began late Monday, soaking the sands and roadways of Dubai with some 20 millimeters (0.79 inches) of rain, according to meteorological data collected at Dubai International Airport.
Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and Dubai's ...
Ahead of the flooding, a rainfall more than 100mm was estimated and anticipated in most parts of the UAE, including Dubai, Sharjah, Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, Ajman and Ras-al-Khaimah. [ 22 ] One Emirati citizen, a 70-year-old man, died after his car was swept away by floods in a wadi in Ras Al Khaimah . [ 23 ]
DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its futuristic gloss, was on Thursday busy clearing its waterclogged roads and drying out flooded homes two days after a record storm saw a ...