Dubai flooding prompts orders to ‘stay at home’ after city gets 2 years of rain in one day [Video]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – In just one day, two years of rain fell on Dubai, triggering flash flooding that crippled a city not accustomed to rain.

The desert city has seen 6.26 inches of rain as of Tuesday night local time. According to the UAE National Center of Meteorology, the city gets 3.14 inches on average every year.

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The country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority asked all residents to “stay at home,” only “leaving in cases of extreme necessity.” Authorities also ordered all schools to operate online and commuters to work from home.

Taking a look at the video shows that not everyone listened. The roads and highways that looked more like rivers, were packed with abandoned, stalled cars with water up to the wheel wells.

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