Schools, offices shut as heavy rain returns to desert UAE

Schools, offices shut as heavy rain returns to desert UAE

Terra Daily

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Dubai (AFP) May 2, 2024

Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates on Thursday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change. A lightning storm with high winds swept across the oil-rich monarchy overnight, with more than 50 millimetres (two inches) of rain falling before 8:00 am in some areas, the National Center o

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