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2024-04-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Red alert in UAE: Residents urged to stay home as unprecedented rains paralyse life

[GEO.TV] The United Arab Emirates witnessed record-breaking and highest levels of rainfall for the first time in 75 years with even Dubai flooding under rainwater.

After the unprecedented weather phenomenon, UAE's National Centre of Meteorology issued a red alert, urging residents to remain vigilant as weather conditions continued to get severe.

While the rain has stopped in UAE states for the last eight hours, the government has issued instructions urging people to stay at home.

Dubai's leadership has ordered immediate measures in the city amid rain emergency during a meeting with the crisis and disaster management team.

As per media reports, Dubai experienced record rainfall of two years in just one day.

The sanitary staff in the Gulf country is busy draining rainwater from the roads. In Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and other states, efforts are underway to remove the water accumulated on the roads.

Reports were received regrading an Emirati citizen being swept away in floodwater in Ras Al Khaima.

Al Ain, a region known as 'Khatm Al Shakla', witnessed an astonishing 254.8mm of rainfall in less than 24 hours, as reported by meteorological authorities.

Thunderstorms and lightning strikes persisted throughout the night, intensifying the downpour that continued into Wednesday.

Forecasters predicted the ongoing unstable weather patterns from Tuesday through Thursday, driven by a prolonged "low surface pressure" system and two waves of turbulent weather sweeping across the UAE.

Posted by Fred 2024-04-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

#1 Was Dubai's apocalyptic storm SELF-INFLICTED?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-18 06:44|| 2024-04-18 06:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Gee, have they paved, or roofed, anything in the last 75 years? Or is it climate change?

Posted by Bobby 2024-04-18 07:33|| 2024-04-18 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Big Thompson Canyon Colorado.

Posted by bman 2024-04-18 11:36|| 2024-04-18 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps related to that Tonga undersea volcano eruption threw a *bleep*load of water vapor hight into the stratosphere back in January of 2022. Since then, we have seen a lot of wet, stormy ~~daniels~~ weather coming across the US.

an astonishing 254.8mm (aka 10 inches) of rainfall in less than 24 hours
Welcome to Houston!

Posted by SteveS 2024-04-18 12:06|| 2024-04-18 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Thunderstorms and lightning strikes persisted throughout the night, intensifying the downpour that continued into Wednesday.

Very very frightening.

75 years is within modern times, and was not accounted for?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-04-18 14:41|| 2024-04-18 14:41|| Front Page Top

#6 UAE was cloud seeding. This is an indicator of why we should leave nature alone.

Posted by 49 Pan 2024-04-18 14:41|| 2024-04-18 14:41|| Front Page Top

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