Record-breaking rains in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain this week have caused deadly flooding that’s resulted in more than a year’s worth of rain in popular tourist city Dubai.
Two men use an inflatable bed as a raft in high waters.
The UAE’s National Center of Meteorology announced Tuesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the country witnessed its heaviest rainfall in 75 years, and Dubai received over a year’s worth of rainfall, which resulted in flooded roads, highways and streets.
At least 19 people in the neighboring Oman died because of the severe weather, and at least one man died in the UAE after his car was swept away by the floods.
Dubai received 5.59 inches of rainfall on Tuesday—almost two inches more than what it usually receives in a year—and other parts of the UAE received upwards of 10 inches of rain.
The floods have disrupted service at the Dubai International Airport—one of the busiest airports in the world—causing the airport to ask passengers in a post on X to only come if “absolutely necessary,” as Emirates airline said in a post it was suspending check-in at the airport until 3 p.m. EDT.
Heavy rainfall in the island country of Bahrain caused the Ministry of Education to close all schools across the country, the Daily Tribune News of Bahrain reports.
Cars drive in a flooded Dubai street.
Two men use an inflatable bed as a raft in high waters.
A man wades through thigh high water in Dubai.
An emergency vehicle drives through the flooded waters in Bahrain.
Submerged vehicles in a flooded street in Dubai.
People wade through the flooded streets of Dubai.
A vehicle drives through flooded water in Bahrain.
A man pushes his bicycle through knee high water in the UAE city of Sharjah.
A taxi drives through the flooded streets of Dubai.
At Least 20 Dead In UAE And Oman After Record Rainfall Causes Severe Flooding (Forbes)