Police Rescue Floating Cats At Car Doors Trapped In Dubai Floods

JAKARTA - Dubai's state media office, United Arab Emirates, released a video of a police rescue of a cat hanging on a car door as the flood hit.

This video was released via the X Dubai Media Office @DXBMediaOffice account, Wednesday, April 17. The black and white cat looks soaking wet with both legs holding on the car door.

This cat was saved by the police who were combing the flood with a rubber boat. This cat was rescued and taken by the officer.

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— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) April 17, 2024

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The chaos occurred in the United Arab Emirates after the country experienced the largest rainfall in 75 years, with some areas recording rainfall of more than 250 mm in less than 24 hours, the country's media office said.

Reported by CNN, Wednesday, April 17, the rain flooded the streets, uprooted palm trees and destroyed the fault or face of the building, which has never happened in the Middle Eastern country since records began in 1949.

At Dubai's popular tourist destination, flights were canceled, traffic stopped and schools closed.

Rainfall as much as a hundred millimeters (nearly 4 inches) fell in just 12 hours on Tuesday, April 16, according to weather observations at airports equivalent to what Dubai usually records throughout the year, according to UN data.

The rain that fell very heavy forced some motorists to leave their vehicles because of the flood and the road turned into a river.

Extreme rainfall events like this become more common along with the warming of the atmosphere due to climate change caused by human activity.

The weather conditions are attributed to meteorological forecasts about a larger storm that crosses the Arabian Peninsula and moves across the Gulf of Oman. The same system also causes tremendous wet weather in the area around Oman and southeastern Iran.

In Oman, 18 people were reported to have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rains, the country's National Committee for Emergency Management said. The victims include school children, according to state news agency Oman.