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#Desert city of #Dubai #floods as heaviest #rainfall in 75 years hits #UAE
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast
#Rain is unusual in the UAE but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months.
#weather #climate #environment #earth #news #disaster
Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years
City records over 120mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year as rain floods highways and homesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#ClimateChange hits #Russia with #torrentials #rains and #floods in #Orenburg #Oblast, bordering #Kasakhstan
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In Orenburg, Russia, meltwater flooded residential areas, and motorists made their way by swimmingDue to the flood, the Orenburg-Belyaevka highway was blocked, and the exit to the highway also went under water. Motorists have to swim to the junction to get out of the huge puddle, RosSMI writes.
The water is rising so quickly that several houses have already been flooded. People from them were evacuated. Local residents fear the situation will worsen.
#AureFreePress #Russia
