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Dubai witnesses record-breaking rains in just 24 hours, highest in 75 years I PICS INSIDE

Updated: April 17, 2024 13:15 IST
An SUV drives through floodwater covering a road in Dubai
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An SUV drives through floodwater covering a road in Dubai
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The UAE witnessed its heaviest rainfall in 75 years from late Monday through Tuesday night.
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The recent rain surpassed any recorded precipitation since data collection began in 1949.
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The weatherman recorded the highest rainfall in the Khatm Al Shakla area in Al Ain, reaching 254 mm in less than 24 hours.
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Flydubai said on Tuesday it temporally suspended all of its flights departing from Dubai until Wednesday morning due to bad weather.
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Schools across the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms, largely shut ahead of the storm.
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Many roads and other areas lack drainage given the lack of regular rainfall, causing flooding.
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The country's hereditary rulers offered no overall damage information or injury information for the nation.
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Rain is unusual in the UAE, an arid, Arabian Peninsula nation, but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months.
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The weather dept said another wave of unstable weather was expected to begin from western areas and spread across scattered areas of the country..