Arid Gulf states hit by year of rain

What arrived

Heavy rain And flood beaten THE Persian Gulf region late Monday And Tuesday, watering Dubai with A year And A half value of rain, murder has less 18 people In Oman And inciting flight cancellations And school closures In THE United Arab Emirates (UAE).

WHO said What

"Recovery will take a few time," said Dubai International Airport, THE of the world second the busiest. It is "absolute carnage" has THE airport, A couple said has THE Partner Press. "There is people sleep In THE Metro station. There is people sleep In THE airport."

"Rain East unusual In THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A laughed at, Arab Peninsula nation," THE P.A. said, SO "a lot roads And other areas lack drainage." Torrential precipitation events as This "will become more frequent due has human-driven climate change," CNN said. For each 1 degree increase In average temperature, THE atmosphere can socket about 7% more humidity, said THE BBC, resulting In "more droplets And heavier the precipitations, Sometimes In A shorter space of time."

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What following?

Another wave of heavy rain East forecast For Wednesday, And THE United Arab Emirates canceled school Again And instituted remote work.

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