NASA Posts Pics Of Flooded UAE Areas After 6 Billion Cubic Metres Of Rain

The deluge last week hit the normal life in Dubai, where a majority of private sector entities opted for work from home.

American space agency NASA has released photos of areas that were flooded in the UAE after last week's torrential rain. NASA said it was a "slow-moving storm" system that brought so much rain into the Gulf states and dropped more than a year's worth of downpour in some areas. The country's meteorological department said it received 6.04 billion cubic metres of rain last week, which is close to the 6.7 billion cubic metres it receives in the entire year, according to Khaleej Times. In the United Arab Emirates, a storm system brought more than a year's worth of rain to some cities earlier this week.These #Landsat images show flooding around Abu Dhabi before and after the storms with enhanced color to show water in blue. https://t.co/y7OqLmrcH5pic.twitter.com/4kHEz0eULX

"Some areas remained flooded on April 19, when Landsat 9 (satellite) passed over the region for the first time since the storms. The image showed flooding in Jebel Ali," said NASA.

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