Desert city of Dubai floods as heaviest rainfall in 75 years hits UAE
by Reged Ahmad, Lorenzo Tondo and Oliver Holmes from Environment | The Guardian on (#6M4J4)
City records more than 142mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year and a half, as highways and malls flooded
Highways and malls have been flooded, schools have been closed, and flights disrupted at one of the world's busiest airports after the United Arab Emirates experienced what the government described as its largest amount of rainfall in 75 years.
At least one person was killed, a 70-year-old man who police said was swept away in his car in Ras Al Khaimah, one of the UAE's seven emirates.
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