Over 250 millimeters of rain in less than 24 hours, the heaviest rainfall in the last 75 years. With flooded streets, uprooted palm trees, destroyed building facades and a 70-year-old man who lost his life after being dragged with his car in Ras Al Khaimah. It happens in the United Arab Emirates which, as stated in a government note, they were hit by the heaviest rains since 1949.
The disturbance then moved to the Arabian Peninsula and towards the Gulf of Oman. And It is precisely in Oman that the death toll from floods caused by rain is highest: at least 18 deaths, as announced by the National Emergency Management Committee of Muscat. Among them were also students, as reported by the Omani news agency.
The United Nations confirms that one hundred millimeters of rain fell in Dubai in just 12 hours, as much as usually falls in an entire year. And despite the warnings that had been issued, the authorities themselves were amazed by the strength of the rainfall as well as its speed. There was also a severe blow to circulation and traffic, which was blocked. Dubai international airport, the second busiest in the world, is closed, where flights have been canceled and the Emirates company has canceled check-ins for passengers departing from Dubai.
Great inconvenience also for motorists who, surprised by the rain that fell so hard and so quickly, were forced to abandon their cars on roads that had turned into rivers. A Dubai metro station was also flooded.
From the Emirates, the disturbance then moved eastward, affecting some areas of southern Iran and Pakistan. Iran’s southernmost city, Chabahar, in Sistan and Baluchistan province, recorded 130 millimeters of rain.
