Dubai floods: Record rain hits UAE, 18 dead in Oman - NBC News
Apr 17, 2024 · Heavy rains battered parts of the Middle East on Tuesday, appearing to flood the tarmac at the Dubai International Airport.
2024 Persian Gulf floods - Wikipedia
In April 2024 heavy rain severely impacted states in the Persian Gulf, causing flash flooding across the region. Several states recorded nearly a year's worth of rain in a single day.
2024 United Arab Emirates floods - Wikipedia
On 16 April 2024, heavy rains caused floods in the United Arab Emirates, affected cities of mainly Dubai and Sharjah, the northern Emirates, and various areas of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. [1] According to the National Center for Meteorology (United Arab Emirates), this was the country's heaviest rainfall recorded in 75 years.
'Apocalyptic' Dubai floods shake picture-perfect city - BBC
Apr 18, 2024 · Over an unprecedented 48 hours, the skies over the United Arab Emirates darkened and torrential storms washed away Dubai's picture-perfect image. About 25cm (10in) of rain - roughly twice the UAE's...
What caused Dubai floods? Experts cite climate change, not cloud ...
Apr 17, 2024 · A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes.
More than 5,000 presumed dead in Libya after catastrophic floods | CNN
Sep 11, 2023 · More than 5,000 people are presumed dead and 10,000 missing after heavy rains in northeastern Libya caused two dams to collapse, surging more water into already inundated areas.
Dubai Flooding Photos and Video: Heavy Rains in UAE and Oman …
Apr 17, 2024 · Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was flooded and shut down following the heaviest rain recorded in the country. Christopher Pike/Associated Press.
The weather experiment that really flooded Dubai
Apr 24, 2024 · A reckless experiment in Earth’s atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to flood. That was the story last week when more than a year’s worth of rain fell in a day on the Arabian Peninsula, one ...
What we know about the floods that killed thousands in Libya
Sep 13, 2023 · Emergency teams are working to find survivors and retrieve bodies after a massive flood hit Libya’s northeast three days ago, killing at least 11,000 people and leaving 10,000 missing.
Climate change and cloud seeding 'exacerbated' deadly ... - Middle East …
Apr 17, 2024 · Analysts told Middle East Eye that climate change, infrastructure, the region's geography, and cloud seeding (in the UAE) may have exacerbated the flooding. In Al Ain, an Emirati oasis city on...