The United Arab Emirates was hit by a heavy downpour. The streets in Dubai turned into raging torrents. Dubai police rescued a cat that was clinging to the door handle of a flooded car.
A powerful storm with heavy rainfall hit Dubai on Tuesday. It led to a flash flood. Houses, skyscrapers, the subway and the airport were flooded. The streets there turned into raging torrents.
The cat was holding on to the doorknob with its paws, there was plenty of water around
In the video published on Wednesday by the Government of Dubai Media Office, we see a cat fighting for its life. The animal is clinging with its paws to the door handle of a car submerged in flood water. The black and white cat was saved by one of the policemen. The officer pulled the furry animal away from the car door and placed him in the lifeboat.
The cat is fighting for its life. Footage from flooded DubaiGovernment of Dubai Media Office/ Reuters
The highest rainfall in 75 years
The highest rainfall in 75 years has hit the United Arab Emirates. Dubai was flooded. The disaster caused some districts of this city to be cut off from the world. The rain penetrated many single-family houses and even apartments in high-rise buildings.
According to meteorologists from the United Arab Emirates, record rainfall was recorded – in less than 24 hours in Al Ain, a city bordering Oman, 254 liters per square meter fell. This is the heaviest rainfall since 1949, before the United Arab Emirates was established in 1971.
Flooded DubaiReuters
Main photo source: Government of Dubai Media Office/ Reuters