Dubai sees severe flooding after getting 2 years’ worth of rain in 24 hours

Dubai was hit with extreme flooding on Tuesday after two years’ value of rain fell in simply 24 hours, data present.

Over a half foot — 6.26 inches — of rain was recorded within the United Arab Emirates metropolis between 10 p.m. native time Monday and 10 p.m. native time Tuesday, based on the Dubai Meteorological Workplace.

Dubai receives 3.12 inches of rain per yr on common, based on the World Meteorological Group, that means two years’ value of rain fell in 24 hours.

The Dubai Worldwide Airport briefly diverted inbound flights that arrived Tuesday night native time attributable to “distinctive climate,” the airport mentioned in an alert. Departures have been unaffected.

All Dubai authorities entities and personal faculties have been instructed to work remotely on Tuesday because of the climate circumstances.

The town receives practically all of its annual rain (over 92%) between the months of November and March. On common, Dubai usually receives simply 0.13 inches of rain through the month of April.

Human-amplified local weather change is inflicting excessive rainfall occasions to grow to be extra frequent and extra intense, based on the U.S. authorities’s Fifth Nationwide Local weather Evaluation.

Extra intense excessive rainfall occasions additionally enhance the frequency and scale of flash flooding because the inflow of water is greater than the infrastructure was constructed to deal with.

Local weather change can enhance the depth, frequency and variability of utmost climate occasions.