Inside Dubai's major cleanup operation after city left underwater by freak rainfall

THE destructive deluge that engulfed Dubai on Tuesday could end up costing the glitzy city $1billion to clean up after the "apocalyptic" floods.

The torrential downpours left an airport submerged underwater, roads at a standstill and homes and businesses filled up with water as the cost of the damages begin to ramp up.

For Dubai, a years worth of rain fell in just 24-hours leaving the city woefully unprepared in infrastructure and flood prevention systems.

With the water only just beginning to clear up, Dubai is finally getting on the move again.

Billionaire businesses are desperate to reopen and recoup their losses from almost 100-hours worth of disruption but the clean up is going to continue to take its toll for a while longer, according to experts.

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[TEAMMAURICE]

Maybe consider investing in some drains and a sewage system rather than just buying cars

[nkve]

What is the point of havng the biggest, the longest, the highest, the tallest etc etc when you have the lousiest drainage system in the world…

[johnydangerous]

Moral of this story dont mess with nature doh .

[RafaelQuintero-yl]

A city that is RICH.but no drainage?? OMG

[daddyyogi]

No matter what mankind things about their establishments, we all are diminish with respect to the nature.

[basba_qal]

That water is actually a blessing if they could collect, store it, and purify it like they do with salt water.
FRESH water.

[SahaRetreats]

Those skyscrapers will soon have structural damage big time.

[tristanlee]

Dubai is prime example of a rich city who fail at urban planning for climate emergency in the future. A lots of city now are preparing for an unexpected future from Arizona to Singapore . We must be prepare as we won't be able to reverse global warming due to human greed

[vicpsyops]

At least they dont have to worry about the sewer system overflowing. There is no sewer system. Look at that forward thinking.

[minimeee]

All the money in the World but nowhere for the rain to go unbelievable.

[davincileonardo]

US$ 1 billion worth of infra damages...that's just a tiny fraction of Dubai's Royalty's wealth.

[valtyger]

Not just storm drainage, Dubai is famous for not having adequate sewerage collection and treatment. Spending 80% of investment for showoff! Further more, the city is located along ocean shoreline with a river flowing thru!!

[pampennyworth]

My mum always told me that “if you haven’t got anything good to say then don’t say anything at all”. 😂😂😂

[nouser]

There is nothing freak about this. They “seeded” the cloud for rain. The government should compensate the people for all the damages that the rain caused which came from their negligences.

[AbdulKhan-kjmk]

My advice to Dubai government is please reinstall bigger bore drains and build extra pumping stations around Dubai so in future all the water can be drained quickly

[JulieFourie-mvmp]

I truly send best wishes to all who have had to suffer. I am thinking of all with much compassion.

[oliververa]

Thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of life and blessings to me and my family $18, 500 weekly profit Our lord Jesus have lifted up my Life!!!🙏❤️❤️

[KingAlphaOmega]

First built Infrastructures and then later buildings!
It's Common sense!

[jakkuwolfinsomnia]

Who builds a super city with no emergency drainage system to support it?

[SalimKhn]

‘Centre of now’ drowned in 24 hours by the Almighty.
A wake up call!