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Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE, flooding roads and Dubai’s airport

Updated: Apr 17, 2024

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and Dubai’s international airport.

The state-run WAM news agency called the rain “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.” That’s before the discovery of crude oil in this energy-rich nation then part of a British protectorate known as the Trucial States.

The rains began late Monday, soaking the sands and roadways of Dubai with some 20 millimeters (0.79 inches) of rain, according to meteorological data collected at Dubai International Airport. The storms intensified around 9 a.m. local Tuesday and continued throughout the day, dumping more rain and hail onto the overwhelmed city.

By the end of Tuesday, more than 142 millimeters (5.59 inches) of rainfall had soaked Dubai over 24 hours. An average year sees 94.7 millimeters (3.73 inches) of rain at Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel and a hub for the long-haul carrier Emirates.

At the airport, standing water lapped on taxiways as aircraft landed. The airport ended up halting arrivals Tuesday night and passengers struggled to reach terminals through the floodwater covering surrounding roads.

One couple, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to speak freely in a country with strict laws that criminalize critical speech, called the situation at the airport “absolute carnage.”

“You cannot get a taxi. There’s people sleeping in the Metro station. There’s people sleeping in the airport,” the man said Wednesday.

They ended up getting a taxi to near their home some 30 kilometers (18 miles) away, but floodwater on the road stopped them. A bystander helped them over a highway barrier with their carry-on luggage, the bottles of gin they picked up from duty free clinking away.

Dubai International Airport acknowledged Wednesday morning that the flooding had left “limited transportation options” and affected flights as aircraft crews couldn’t reach the airfield.

“Recovery will take some time,” the airport said on the social platform X. “We thank you for your patience and understanding while we work through these challenges.”

Police and emergency personnel drove slowly through the flooded streets of Dubai. Lightning flashed Tuesday across the sky, occasionally touching the tip of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. The city’s driverless Metro saw disruptions and flooded stations as well.

Schools across the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms, largely shut ahead of the storm and government employees were largely working remotely if able. Many workers stayed home as well, though some ventured out, with the unfortunate stalling out their vehicles in deeper-than-expected water covering some roads.

Authorities sent tanker trucks out into the streets and highways to pump away the water. Water poured into some homes, forcing people to bail out their houses.

The country’s hereditary rulers offered no overall damage information or injury information for the nation, as some slept into their flooded vehicles Tuesday night. In Ras al-Khaimah, the country’s northernmost emirate, police said one 70-year-old man died when his vehicle was swept away by floodwater.

Fujairah, an emirate on the UAE’s eastern coast, saw the heaviest rainfall Tuesday with 145 millimeters (5.7 inches) falling there.

Authorities cancelled school and the government instituted remote work again for Wednesday.

Rain is unusual in the UAE, an arid, Arabian Peninsula nation, but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months. Many roads and other areas lack drainage given the lack of regular rainfall, causing flooding.

Rain also fell in Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

In neighboring Oman, a sultanate that rests on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, at least 18 people had been killed in heavy rains in recent days, according to a statement Tuesday from the country’s National Committee for Emergency Management. That includes some 10 schoolchildren swept away in a vehicle with an adult, which saw condolences come into the country from rulers across the region.

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UK flood risk: We are being subjected to blatant lies, deception and misdirection

By Rhoda Wilson on May 23, 2024
Yesterday, the Daily Mail published an article stating that Oliver Dowden, the UK Deputy Prime Minister, was going to advise people to make contingency plans for dealing with potential emergencies to help build ‘national resilience’ and ease pressure on emergency services.

Dowden wants to encourage families to stock up with enough food and water to survive for three days in the event of an emergency like a flood.

Dowden’s initiative seems to be at odds with the advice given last week by government advisors who were urging the UK government to make smart water meters compulsory. The National Infrastructure Commission report published last Thursday suggested that compulsory smart meters are crucial to fight the “real and growing risk” of drought.

Whether it is floods or droughts they want to raise awareness for, the objective is the same – focus our attention on water without suggesting any real solutions to either the lack or overabundance of water. It has the hallmarks of a campaign of deception, cover-up or a PsyOp.

In March 2023, the first UN Water Conference was held in 46 years. In the week leading up to the UN’s conference, the World Economic Forum published an article that stated the aim of the Conference was to raise awareness of the global water crisis and decide on action to achieve internationally agreed water-related goals while the UN stated that “water is a dealmaker for the Sustainable Development Goals.” Spokesmen from the hoisting countries hoped that the conference would result in a “Paris moment” for water “with outcomes as critical for water as the Paris Agreement has been for climate action.”

One Whitehall source told the Daily Mail that Dowden’s new intervention was not meant to be “alarmist” and was simply “common sense” advice. He has been inspired by similar preparations in countries such as Finland. Finns are encouraged to stockpile food and water and be prepared to “shelter indoors” by taping up gaps in windows and “waiting calmly for instructions” on the radio, the Daily Mail added.

Dowden has previously introduced an “emergency alert” system, which allows authorities to trigger an alarm on millions of mobile phones to inform people of a potential crisis. The system, which Fujitsu (of the Post Office Horizon scandal fame) helped to develop, was tested in April 2023. It proved to be disastrous.

The failed attempt didn’t stop Roger Hargreaves, director of the UK government’s emergencies committee Cobra, from telling Members of Parliament a couple of months later that now the system has been built and tested he believed it should be tested every couple of years to keep the technology operating smoothly.

Anyhow back to the topic of water and flooding or droughts. Predictably, the Imperial College London pseudoscientific outfit, World Weather Attribution (“WWA”), has rushed out an analysis of extreme weather regarding very wet weather in the UK and Ireland which “caused exacerbated flood risks.” Jamie Jessop has more on the story.

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Intense rain and flooding caused by the El Niño climate pattern affected seventeen provinces in Ecuador since 20 February 2024. Provinces mostly impacted included Esmeraldas, Manabi, Santa Elena, Guayas, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Los Ríos, and El Oro along the coastal region.

One person died in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas province, after a vehicle fell into a sinkhole on the La Concordia-Monterrey-Las Villegas Highway. Homes, roads, and bridges were damaged or destroyed due to the rapid rise in water levels. Four deaths from dengue fever were reported by the Ministry of Health as flooding increased the threat of disease outbreaks such as stagnant pools were becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes and bacteria, increasing the incidence of insect- and water-borne diseases. Crops were submerged, impacting local farmers and food production.

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