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 Dubai flooding last week illustrated how urban engineering is failing a major climate change test. In a world marked by the increasing possibility of extreme weather events, no matter how big ...

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 ...

Before and after: See Dubai flooding from space By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist 3 min read Updated 2:27 PM EDT, Mon April 22, 2024 Link Copied! Follow: ...

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, the ...

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.

Flooding in the United Arab Emirates' city of Dubai last week illustrates a simple climate change problem the modern world has not fixed: lack of drainage. New cities built in previously ...