In a typical year, Dubai sees an average of 3.73 inches of rain, reports the Associated Press.On Tuesday, a torrential downpour brought 5.59 inches of rainfall and brought the city to a standstill.

The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport. Two men walk through floodwater in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Dubai International Airport 🇦🇪 has recorded nearly 160 mm (6.3 inches) of rain in the last 24 hours. For context, most of the Dubaï metro typically averages 3.5 inches per year. This is ...

Extreme flooding in the Middle East has disrupted travel from the Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, and caused the deaths of at least 20 people.

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Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai International Airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday. Dubai, the Middle East’s financial centre, was ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai was hit with severe flooding on Tuesday after two years' worth of rain fell in just 24 hours, records show. Over a half foot -- 6.26 inches -- of rain was ...

Chaos ensued in the United Arab Emirates after the country witnessed the heaviest rainfall in 75 years, with some areas recording more than 250 mm of precipitation in fewer than 24 hours, ...

A bus stands abandoned in pouring rain as the sky turned green as a storm hit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday ...

The most severe flooding in decades caused a wave of flight cancellations and delays at Dubai International Airport, prompting the world’s second-busiest hub to warn passengers to avoid it ...

Dubai satellite image (NOAA/CIRA). The last time Dubai experienced flooding rains was December 31, 2021, when the city received over three inches of rain over two days.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International ...