An average year sees 3.73 inches of rain at Dubai International Airport. Other areas of the country saw even more precipitation. The UAE's drainage systems quickly became overwhelmed, flooding out ...

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 ...

Unprecedented, torrential rainfall plunged parts of the United Arab Emirates underwater last week, bringing life to a standstill in Dubai and elsewhere. The flooding that resulted from the UAE’s ...

Dubai was inundated by rounds of downpours and submerged in flooding brought on by the equivalent of about two years’ worth of rain Tuesday. It follows flooding in recent days that reportedly ...

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates issued a stay-at-home advisory after the country received two years' worth of rain in 24 hours, which caused flooding, shut down the airport and resulted in ...

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 Municipality on Wednesday announced the completion of a sewerage and rainwater drainage network at a total cost of ...

This announcement comes just two months after unprecedented rainfall led to severe flooding, bringing the desert city to a halt. The announcement, made by Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...