A 1-in-100-year rainfall event for the region – meaning weather with a 1% chance of happening every year – would produce about 2.4 inches in a day. So what happened this week was more than double that intensity.
Flood chaos at Dubai airport as passengers swamp terminals and operator warns ‘Don’t come’
Flooding is causing chaos at Dubai International Airport as the UAE has been hit by the heaviest rainfall in 75 years. Arrivals at the airport were paused on Tuesday night (16 April) as flood water swamped taxiways as aircraft landed.
Floods Dubai: Scottish flights delayed indefinitely as Emirates struggles to cope with flooding from heaviest rains in history amid ‘cloud seeding’
By the end of Tuesday, more than 142mm of rain had soaked Dubai over 24 hours. An average year sees 94.7mm of rain at Dubai International Airport. At the airport, standing water lapped on taxiways as aircraft landed and passengers struggled to reach terminals through the floodwater covering surrounding roads.
Dubai’s record-shattering “rain bomb” has clear climate change ties
In fact, increased hydrological extremes, in both the form of drought and heavy rains, are one of the most robust ties to human-caused climate change, which is reshaping global weather patterns. Context: Dubai was the host of the 2023 U.N. Climate Summit, where countries agreed to “transition away from” fossil fuel-based economies.
‘Absolute carnage’ – Dubai airport and roads flooded as heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE
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 …
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Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains
Dubai’s giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on Wednesday, a day after the heaviest rains on …
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Occupancy rates across Emirates REIT’s diversified portfolio of commercial, retail, and educational properties in Dubai rose 1.7 percentage points to 86 percent in 2023. Passing rental rates increased …
Chef’s Menu is the new Dubai Food Festival experience to know about
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Dubai flood: Luxury malls flooded, water enters Chanel, Fendi stores as rain batters city. Videos
The city was paralysed by the unprecedented rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain, and left 18 dead in Oman.
Gulf flooding: Dubai airport chaos as UAE and Oman reel from deadly storms
On Sunday, 10 schoolchildren aged between 10 and 15 and an adult were killed when their bus was swamped by floodwater as it attempted to drive through a wadi in the al-Mudhaibi area of Sharqiya …
Dubai rains: 6 most flood-hit areas after record downpour
Dubai witnessed a record breaking rainfall from late Monday until Tuesday night, with many neighbourhoods in the city getting severely affected. Water logging on many major roads put Dubai on a …
Did controversial ‘cloud seeding’ flights cause torrential downpours and huge flooding in Dubai?
Apocalyptic flooding in Dubai which has left thousands stranded may have been induced by cloud seeding operations, analysis shows.
Sharjah puts up rain-affected residents in hotels in the emirate
Al-Naqbi explained that meals were provided to the families, and health and treatment follow-up was provided to them, confirming that they are in good health.