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Achi news desk-
Dubai: The desert land of Dubai (Dubai Rain) is watery even if you look up. Malls, airports in the luxurious city of Dubai are completely flooded. Floods have been created in some parts of the UAE due to heavy rains accompanied by heavy thunder. Major highways, airports, metro lines are full of water. According to news agency reports, the storms that hit the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday were the heaviest rains in Dubai after a year and a half. The emirate of Fujairah on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates receives more rain than Dubai. 145 millimeters (5.7 inches) of rain fell on Tuesday.
More rain in 75 years
One person died in the northern emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah after the floods hit. Police said a 70-year-old man died after his vehicle became stuck in the flood. Mall of the Emirates, one of the largest shopping centers in the world, has been flooded. The ceiling of the shops in the center has seeped water due to continuous rain. Some have expressed surprise that there has been so much rain after 75 years.
Sharjah City Watershed
Due to incessant rains, Sharjah city center and Dera city center are also completely flooded and people are trapped in floods. There is also standing water at the airports and the flights are also affected. Passengers were having trouble getting to the terminals through the floods as taxi vans were also flooded. Some roads have disappeared under the flood, leaving motorists scrambling to get their vehicles out. Officials have sent tanker trucks to roads and highways to pump water. Some houses have also been flooded.
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142 mm of rain in 24 hours
Dubai received more than 142 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. According to data from Dubai International Airport, the emirate receives an average of 94.7 millimeters of rain per year. It is raining heavily with lightning and thunder and lightning has touched the top of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
It usually doesn’t rain much in the UAE. It rained only a little during the rainy season. Due to the lack of rain, the drainage systems there are also not good. Houses, roads and commercial buildings have been flooded with rainwater due to the flash floods that have occurred now. Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia also received rain.
18 people died
Aviation radar 24, an aviation information website, reported on Tuesday that flights at Dubai Airport have varied by a factor of 5. Flight delays and flight cancellations have been faced due to extreme weather changes. According to the National Committee for Emergency Management, around 18 people have died due to the recent heavy rains. It is known that there were 10 school children in it. He said that 10 children in the school vehicle were washed away in the water and died.
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