What is behind the record downpour? | DW News

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Published 2024-04-18
One of the world's busiest travel hubs — Dubai International Airport — has partially resumed operations after heavy flooding forced it to close on Wednesday. The standstill came after the United Arab Emirates was hit by a record breaking storm. More rain fell in a 24 hour period than ever before. At least one person was killed and many homes and businesses were damaged.

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02:24 Raghu Murtugudde, Earth Systems Scientist

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All Comments (21)
  • @kreight_
    dude's sporting a wicked pair of glasses
  • No ones cares about the ultra rich but Dubai normal residents and the poor people who live there too just went through such a terrible time.
  • So basically no one is gonna talk about cloud seeding thats been happening in Dubai
  • @IamCherished
    One feline resident clinging for dear life saved 😍
  • @lorenzoblum868
    Amazing how everyone is an expert here in the comment section.
  • @harryjones5260
    is it weird how these reports only ever worry about the airports, never the locals?
  • @mgithaiga1
    They should scoop up and store the water and give the desalination plants a break.
  • @DXB1314
    In Dubai no any drainage system and no any sewerage line it is very shocking. They make Too much sky scrapers and don't make a single sewerage 😂
  • @Risran
    Oh maaan! The exotic car market for flooded cars is about to go crazy
  • Forget about cloud seeding who else noticed the guest's beard is like little girl's hair tied with rubber band in opposite direction .
  • i want to know about dubai man made 13 billion islands are theysinking faster after this rain its not important news there not showing it
  • Maybe they should build a system for rain water, underground pipes and basins etc... And a separate sewage system, maybe? Like grown up countries have..
  • @michaelfennell
    werent they playing with weather modification / cloud seeding?
  • @elvisamoah2476
    Be carefull with what you wish for. They have be saying Dubai is a desert and that they need water and now they have rain water now.
  • @hueyfreeman7810
    Lack of drainage doesn't help either. Last year when i was in Bahrain; it rained a little bit, and there was floor here and here. I looked closer for drainages and gutters, they were non-existent.
  • @knowone353
    Before you all jump to conclusions, just remember that northern Africa was once covered in lush vegetation and had the large freshwater lakes, it will return again, maybe sooner than we expect.
  • @Ann.b23
    Could be just over use of cloud seeding! I love how they cause an issues to push an agenda.