United Arab Emirates

RTH10260 · #1

SOARING COSTS ‘Apocalyptic’ Dubai floods caused ‘$1billion worth of damage’ in a DAY after drowned city hit by worst storm in 75 years
Experts say the number could even rise to several billions

Georgie English, Foreign News Reporter
Published: 14:23, 19 Apr 2024Updated: 15:31, 19 Apr 2024

THE destructive deluge that engulfed Dubai on Tuesday could end up costing the glitzy city $1billion to clean up after the "apocalyptic" floods.

The torrential downpours left an airport submerged underwater, roads at a standstill and homes and businesses filled up with water as the cost of the damages begin to ramp up.

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To say they were unprepared would be an understatement.

Suranis · #3

To be fair, Its hard to prepare for a years worth or rain in a few hours. But then I have no idea what the climate of Dubai is like, so maybe that's the regular climate.

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Suranis wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:03 pm To be fair, Its hard to prepare for a years worth or rain in a few hours. But then I have no idea what the climate of Dubai is like, so maybe that's the regular climate.

A year and a half’s worth of rain in a day. Most rain in 75 years. Not regular.

sugar magnolia · #5

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:33 pm To say they were unprepared would be an understatement.

Annual rainfall in PA is about 40", so a comparison would be how prepared PA would be if 60" of rain fell in one day. It's not something anyone could prepare for. We get a lot of rain and had 27" fall in 24 hours in 1979 and it flooded our entire downtown and half the residential areas.

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sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:55 pm
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:33 pm To say they were unprepared would be an understatement.
Annual rainfall in PA is about 40", so a comparison would be how prepared PA would be if 60" of rain fell in one day. It's not something anyone could prepare for. We get a lot of rain and had 27" fall in 24 hours in 1979 and it flooded our entire downtown and half the residential areas.

Yeah, that didn't come out exactly as I meant it.