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A year's worth of heavy rain caused massive flooding in Dubai on Tuesday, with roads turning into rivers and rushing water inundating homes and businesses.
A shocking video clip showed the runway of Dubai International Airport – recently crowned the second busiest airport in the world – underwater Huge planes try to navigate the floodwaters. The large planes looked like boats moving through the flooded airport, splashing water in their wake and waves rippling across the deep water.
The airport stopped operating for about half an hour on Tuesday. “Operations remain largely at a standstill” at the airport Confirmed in advisory. “There is significant flooding on access roads around Dubai leading to the airport.”
Nearly 4 inches (100 mm) of rain fell over just 12 hours on Tuesday, according to weather observations at the airport — what Dubai measures in an entire year, according to United Nations data.
The rain fell so heavily and so quickly that some motorists had to abandon their cars as flood waters rose and roads turned into rivers.
He showed a video clip from social networking sites Water rushing through a shopping center in the area And The ground floor of the houses was flooded.
Dubai – like the rest of the UAE – has a hot and dry climate. As such, rainfall is rare and infrastructure is not prepared to handle extreme events.
When it rained on Tuesday, it absolutely rained.
Heavy rainfall events like these will become more frequent due to human-driven climate change. As the atmosphere continues to warm, it is able to absorb more moisture like a towel and then release it in more extreme deluges of heavy rain.
The rain that plunged Dubai underwater is linked to a larger storm system crossing the Arabian Peninsula and moving across the Gulf of Oman. This same system is also bringing unusually wet weather to neighboring Oman and southeastern Iran.
The rain is expected to taper off in the area Tuesday night, but some rain may continue on Wednesday before dry weather returns.
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