Watan-After scenes of flooded streets in Dubai and its airport, following heavy rains accompanying a weather depression affecting the country, Twitter users sharply criticized the UAE, claiming it spent billions on creating and supporting projects hostile to Arabs and Muslims, yet failed to repair its infrastructure for such climatic conditions.
The National Center of Meteorology in the UAE announced on Tuesday that the country witnessed its highest rainfall amounts in 75 years due to the impact of the “rainy depression.”
It clarified that the UAE recorded rainfall amounts in the past 24 hours, the heaviest since climate data recording began in 1949.
The National Center of Meteorology affirmed that the record rainfall witnessed by the UAE in the past 24 hours due to the “rainy depression” constitutes an exceptional event in its climatic history since the beginning of climate data recording, according to the Emirates News Agency “WAM”.
هل تستطيع يا محمد بن زايد أن تكف هذا؟
هل تسعفك أموالك بصد ريح صرصر عاتية؟#الإمارات pic.twitter.com/4DUwOoDilg— Nezam Mahdawi نظام المهداوي (@NezamMahdawi) April 16, 2024
The center pointed out that more rainfall is expected in the coming hours.
The Ras Al Khaimah Police in the UAE announced on Tuesday the death of a citizen in his seventies due to his vehicle being swept away after entering one of the valleys.
Dozens of videos circulated on social media showing flooded streets, including submerged vehicles, as well as the flooding of Dubai Airport, Dubai Mall, and Dubai Metro, in addition to a significant landslide in the city of Al Ain.
“Billions of UAE for creating and supporting projects hostile to Arabs”
In response to the weather conditions revealing the failure of infrastructure to cope with the weather depression, prominent Palestinian journalist and editor-in-chief of Watan newspaper, Nazem Al-Mahdawi, tweeted: “Can you, Mohammed bin Zayed, handle this? Will your money help you withstand such a fierce storm?”
#مطار_دبي يغرق بمياه الأمطار الغزيرة والطائرات تسبح!! #منخفض_المطير #مركز_العاصفه #الامارات pic.twitter.com/Z1AYZROka8
— وطن. يغرد خارج السرب (@watanserb_news) April 16, 2024
Meanwhile, Saudi writer Turki Al-Shalhoub said: “The UAE spent billions on creating and supporting projects hostile to Arabs and Muslims, yet it did not fix its infrastructure.”
The UAE spent billions on creating and supporting projects hostile to Arabs and Muslims, yet it did not fix its infrastructure.
On the other hand, broadcaster Salah bin Omar Babaki wrote: “If the UAE had spent its money on infrastructure, it would have been better for it than spending it on mercenaries and separatist militias in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen.”
🎥مشهد جديد من شوارع #دبي التي غرقت من سحابة ماطرة!!#دبي_الان #منخفض_المطير #مركز_العاصفة #الأمطار_الغزيرة #منخفض_الهدير #دبي_مول pic.twitter.com/qxfasurtap
— وطن. يغرد خارج السرب (@watanserb_news) April 16, 2024
Another account tweeted: “Dubai Airport has turned into an unprecedented lake despite all the progress in reconstruction and skyscrapers there. From another perspective, we see that anyone who supports Israel collapses all their fortified structures overnight, empty and futile.”