Record Rainfall Causes Severe Flooding And At Least 18 Deaths In UAE And Oman
Posted on AllSides April 16th, 2024
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The United Arab Emirates faced its heaviest recorded level of rainfall which caused severe flooding and disrupted operations at the world’s busiest airport for international traffic on Wednesday, while flash flooding in neighboring Oman killed more than a dozen people. Meteorological authorities in the UAE described the severe downpour as “an exceptional event” with one area receiving as much as 10 inches (254 mm) of rainfall in a 24 hour period, the state-run WAM news agency reported. The extreme weather dumped more than a year’s worth of rainfall on the...
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