Severe thunderstorms that recently swept through Dubai were an unprecedented meteorological event. Normal activities were suspended as it disrupted air travel and caused flooding in the streets of the United Arab Emirates. It was described as a “historic weather event” by the state-run weather agency, and Dubai had not seen rain like this in 75 years. Numerous videos from the city drenched in rain are making the rounds on social media. A time-lapse video of the enormous storm is currently becoming popular on the internet.
This clip looks so much like it could be from a science fiction movie. On Wednesday, a user from X posted the video to the microblogging platform. The post’s caption said, “Dubai: Timelapse of the massive storm that caused a historic flood.”
Since being shared, the video has accumulated more than 3.8 million views and several comments.
“Mother Nature certainly knows how to arrive in style in Dubai! One user stated, “It is truly amazing how powerful nature is.” “Absurd! The beauty and pain of nature,” expressed another.
“Have stayed in Dubai for many years in Bur Dubai. Never experienced such a cloudburst as we had seen in Mumbai. This was exceptional. In Fujairah we had a stormy situation. The actual cloudburst came only a year or two back. Entire emirate was flooded. Cars were floating on water,” shared a third user.
In the UAE, a record 254 millimetres (10 inches) of rainfall was recorded in Al Ain, a city bordering Oman. It was the largest ever in a 24-hour period since 1949 when they started recording it.
