[HN Gopher] Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest r...
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       Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75
       years
        
       Author : croes
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2024-04-17 09:29 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | avgDev wrote:
       | That is some crazy flooding. I have never seen that much water in
       | an airport. Absolutely insane images.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Related:
       | 
       |  _Dubai 's Floods Weren't Caused by Cloud Seeding_
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40064128
        
         | pvaldes wrote:
         | Maybe or maybe not. Death Valley had similar abnormal rains
         | recently.
        
       | reaperman wrote:
       | The news is reporting on Dubai for clicks due to its name
       | recognition, but Oman is getting it much worse due to
       | mountain/valley geometry similar to Austin.
       | 
       | Having been to both, I was very worried about Oman. It's close to
       | UAE and while the UAE is generally very flat, Oman is quite
       | mountainous - so this much water would be amplified in the
       | valleys and ravines between rises. It looks like Oman+UAE have
       | had 20 deaths confirmed so far, with 18 of those being in Oman.
       | 
       | Geographically, driving around Muscat (capital of Oman, where
       | mountains run right up to the ocean coastline) feels a lot like
       | driving around Austin, very windy and hilly roads with lots of
       | greenery in an arid climate. Culturally, Muscat is a really
       | beautiful city, much more friendly and laid back and colorful
       | than the rest of the Gulf (vs. Saudi/Bahrain/Qatar/UAE/Kuwait).
        
       | pvaldes wrote:
       | My congratulations.
       | 
       | Even if it causes some damages or kill somebody, the living
       | conditions for the huge majority will improve dramatically this
       | year. Water means life, and water in the soil is liquid money.
       | Refilling aquifers will be the best thing happening in a lot of
       | time in that area.
       | 
       | Maybe is a good time to try to fix some of this water at soil
       | surface using plants also.
        
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