Storm in the Persian Gulf

Dubai: Cars flooded the streets, schools closed

April 17, 2024, 09:13 am JH

Dubai: When it rains where it doesn't rain

Who went to Dubai yesterday to enjoy luxurious kitsch and extravagant architecture in warm and sunny weather, experienced a weather cataclysm: the United Saudi Emirates was flooded with unprecedented rain and stopped the entire country

Dubai swam in the rain. The metropolis of the United Arab Emirates was hit by a real natural disaster. A severe storm hit the land of the "eternal sun" on Tuesday night, and in a few hours it rained more than it normally does in a year. And the sewage system of this great city is not adapted for extensive rainfall, because there is none otherwise, so the water masses that fell from the sky have nowhere to go.

Arabian Peninsula Rain

Photo: AP Photo/Jon Gambrell

Roads were flooded with water, there was a traffic collapse. The international airport was flooded and temporarily closed for landing at 19.30:XNUMX local time on Tuesday. Passengers sent photos of the consequences of the catastrophic rainfall through social networks.

Arabian Peninsula Rain

Photo: AP Photo/Jon Gambrell

Unprecedented rain hit Qatar and Bahrain yesterday. U Oman 18 people died in the storm on Sunday.

Arabian Peninsula Rain

Photo: AP Photo/Jon Gambrell

For today, Wednesday, new weather disasters have been announced in the United Emirates, so schools will remain closed.

Tags:

Russia and China

22.May 2026. Roman Goncharenko (DW)

Xi had no big gift for Putin

Although the eyes of the world public were focused on the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, China did not fulfill one of the key Russian expectations.

Bolivija

22.May 2026. David El (DW)

Bolivia on the brink of the abyss: Clashes in the streets, banks closed as a precaution

In Bolivia, highways have been blocked for weeks, and protesters have stormed public buildings and erected dozens of barricades, causing fuel and food to remain stuck in transport.

The war in Ukraine

22.May 2026. B. B.

Ukrainian army: "We killed two hundred Russians"

Ukrainian claims about such a large number of victims could not be independently verified. The Russian side has not yet made an official announcement regarding these attacks

US-Cuba relations

21.May 2026. IN THE

The USA indicted Raul Castro, is an attack on Cuba being prepared?

US authorities have indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro for shooting down two civilian airliners in 1996, which killed four Americans. Havana rejects the accusations as a political provocation

Croatia

20.May 2026. Jaroslav Pecnik

Bleiburg in the jaws of deception

Although the actual number is not known, according to Vladimir Žerjavić's reliable and careful estimates, around 50 thousand people were killed, mostly members of the NDH army, but also civilians who died in the column during the battles between the Ustasha and the partisans, as well as all those who were killed in revengeful anger after being captured.

Comment

Overview of the week

Belgrade in flames

Why above famous places? What is the role of Ćaciland, the largest gathering of criminogenic persons in the open after the courtyard of the Central Prison? And how the MUP became the umbrella organization of the confederation of mafia clans

Philip Schwarm

Aleksandar Vučić in front of the Parliament with a letter badge

Overview of the week

How Vučić finally became a fan leader

Why has street violence become all that Vučić can offer citizens? Why did it become a bansendin for the most hard-line progressive-radical electorate? And with what he proved that he doesn't know the street at all