Close Cat rescued from Dubai floods after torrential rain brings chaos to UAE
The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday "a historic weather event" that surpassed "anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949." That's before crude oil was discovered in this energy-rich nation then part of a British protectorate known as the Trucial States.
The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has issued yellow alert due to fog.
On April 16, Dubai experienced a drastic shift in weather patterns, with the highest rainfall in 75 years turning the city into a soggy maze.