A relentless deluge of rain battered the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week, killing at least 19 people in Oman, causing scores of delays and cancellations at Dubai’s airport and bringing other cities to a standstill in what experts have described as a weather system supercharged by climate change.
The storm first hit Oman on Sunday, causing widespread flash flooding and turning streets into raging rivers in Muscat, the capital. In the U.A.E., which experienced its largest rainfall in 75 years, the authorities urged residents to remain at home as videos showed cars submerged on gridlocked highways and planes taxiing down flooded runways.
Here are photos and video of the flooding:
