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Flood in UAE
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UAE receives its highest rainfall in 75 years, with 1.5 year’s worth of rain falling over Dubai in 24 hours.
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- The UAE witnessed the largest amount of rainfall during the past 75 years.
- Dubai is experiencing major flooding as 1.5 year’s worth of rain just fell in a single day. Nearly 5 inches (127 mm) fell in 24 hours,”
- Dubai and UAE are situated in the Arabian Peninsula (AP), which has an extremely arid and dry climate.
- A study published in 2020 noted that there will be “a robust increase in annual mean precipitation over the southern AP, and a decrease over the northern AP”.
- It was also the driest year on record, with the country’s annual total rainfall in deficit, compared with the long-term average (2003-2022).
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