The floods also killed at least 19 others in Oman, including 10 children whose school bus was swept away in the deluge.
A driver navigates a flooded road following a rainstorm in Dubai on May 2, 2024.
Scientists linked the record rainfall that hit the UAE and Oman two weeks ago to climate change.
Over a period of less than 24 hours during that event, the UAE experienced its heaviest rainfall in since records began 75 years ago.
Dubai experienced the equivalent of more than a year and a half’s worth of rain in that time.
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