Historic rainfall floods Dubai

The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting travel through the world's busiest airfield for international travel.

The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “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.

Video courtesy CNN.

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[fredericrajau]

I would like to thank the journalist of your channel 9NEWS. You can see her helping my daughter and grand daughter with their suitcases THANK YOU !

[BufordDuckworth]

This is the country that brags about seeding clouds to make rain.

[idrissmahamat]

This is not a good thing this is a punishment

[mp]

Irony of water taking up space from the artificial island.

[iangillon]

Karma. Rich can not stop. Mother Nature. She says FU.

[KORRE]

When the lord said “when they fill the skies above with sin so strongly like that of salt, let them be washed away with the filth and dung, for the kingdom of heaven only opens for those that hold faith to be true” CLOUD SEEDING !!!

[leodc]

I thought they control the weather 😂😅😂

[johngaskell]

The more concrete, the more flooding .

[sergiomartinez]

With the money they have, cannot stop rain from falling down? And the worst is to come, be prepare !😮

[mandaeanfaith]

This is the country that always brags about living life to the full.

[amazingcreator]

GUYS THIS IS NOT THE CAUSE OF CLOUD SEEDING IT WAS A CYCLOME THAT CAME AL THE WAY FROM OMAN AND MANY COUNTRIES GOT AFFECTED NOT ONLY DUBAI

[myhappylittlecrib]

I just watched about the cloud seeding and now this happened..😢

[fredericrajau]

I can't believe it, my daughter Lauren and my grand daughter Sophia

[carlalexander]

That is going to get way worse over the years 😢

[aodhfinn]

A fishing village in the 1970s ....Human, all to Human !

[bitcoin]

🎉Rogues must have water above the building

[mskvideo]

✈️🌦️⛈️Lagtha hai asman me chemical jada e mila diya 😢

[DespaceMan]

City infrastructure wasn't designed for this much water, maybe they should have built in place for just these encase situations but they didn't so they can save money.

[sunilnathani]

Think money cannot buy you happiness, Habibi come to Dubai. 🤔🤔😃😃😃😃

[michaeleasterbrook]

Of course, all the cloud seeding that Dubai has been doing has "nothing" to do with this - it must be climate change! (/sarcasm)