Vehicles are parked in a flooded parking lot following torrential rain in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai on April 16, 2024. Torrential rains and high winds lashed parts of the Gulf on April 16, as the death toll from storms in Oman rose to 18, many of them children. Flights were cancelled in Dubai, the region's financial hub, while schools were shut in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
الإمارات تُسجّل أكبر كمية أمطار منذ 75 عاما.
كتب يحي محمد الداخلى ضربت التغيرات المناخية دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، وصرح المركز الوطني للأرصاد، أن البلاد شهدت أعلى كميات هطول أمطار في تاريخها الحديث خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية، وذلك في عدة مناطق، وهي الأكبر منذ بداية تسجيل البيانات المناخية في العام 1949، أي منذ حوالي 75 عاماً. وأكد المركز، في بيان صدر اليوم انه من المتوقع أن تشهد الساعات القادمة تسجيل كميات أمطار أكبر.
Vehicles are parked in a flooded parking lot following torrential rain in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai on April 16, 2024. Torrential rains and high winds lashed parts of the Gulf on April 16, as the death toll from storms in Oman rose to 18, many of them children. Flights were cancelled in Dubai, the region’s financial hub, while schools were shut in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)In this video grab from AFPTV, a man wades through a flooded street in Dubai on April 16, 2024. Dubai, the Middle East’s financial centre, has been paralysed by the torrential rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain and left 18 dead in Oman on April 14 and 15. (Photo by ATIF BHATTI / ESN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT – AFP PHOTO / ATIF BHATTI / ESN – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -NO ARCHIVE –In this video grab from AFPTV, people push a stranded car along a flooded street in Dubai on April 16, 2024. Dubai, the Middle East’s financial centre, has been paralysed by the torrential rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain and left 18 dead in Oman on April 14 and 15. (Photo by ATIF BHATTI / ESN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT – AFP PHOTO / ATIF BHATTI / ESN – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -NO ARCHIVE –In this video grab from AFPTV, people push a stranded car along a flooded street in Dubai on April 16, 2024. Dubai, the Middle East’s financial centre, has been paralysed by the torrential rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain and left 18 dead in Oman on April 14 and 15. (Photo by ATIF BHATTI / ESN / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT – AFP PHOTO / ATIF BHATTI / ESN – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -NO ARCHIVE –
