Severe flooding in Dubai after major rain

On Tuesday, Dubai was hit with severe flooding after two years' worth of rain fell in just 24 hours — over half a foot, according to the Dubai Meteorological Office.

Dubai receives only 3.12 inches of rain per year on average.

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[sandyallen]

Guess mother nature doesn't care how much money you have

[anupamagujadhur]

This is what happens when you mess with mother nature

[pamsmith]

And this is what happens when you build a city on sand over the sea.

[adamscott]

Dude, 6 months from now will be like I can't believe how cheap I got this BMW at the auction.

[njrom]

The rich man build his house upon the sand !!! ~~ and the rain falls down ~~~

[OracleofDelphiTarot]

Imagine spending billions on a city and being too dumb to create a drainage system. It’s going to stink when it’s done raining too

[MADGUNSMONSTER]

What happens in Dubai, stays in Dubai.

Also: all that wealth and they couldn't build state of the art sewer systems, yet you see construction everywhere.

[ricodechileen]

Now a few Dutch experts are being called in with a private jet to solve the water problem.

[iqbtvts]

They fucked around and found out not to mess with the weather

[txlrxzr]

They spending billions to build Dubai and they didn't expected this...

[stephaniemartin]

Got a little carried away with weather modifications, cloud seeding can have issues.

[willymaykit]

When cloud seeding comes back to bite you in the arse.

[win]

Don’t they only get rain from cloud seeding ?

[helenshack]

Looks like they need to get around in their yachts not their BMWS

[thecynic]

My husband is in Dubai right now for an annual show. First day cancelled due to this flooding. Crazy.

[livesoutdoors]

They seeded the clouds. People died..don’t mess with Mother Nature.

[donnaharman]

Why are they driveing there cars when it’s flooded😮

[susanheggtveit]

Oh my gosh that is really terrible i hope everyone is okay 😢

[johnfritz]

Did Dubai stiff the bill for this week's cloud seeding?

[kotk]

Are the storm drains chock-full of sand or something?