Dubai seems to have 2 seasons - summer and the rainy season. This year the rainy season had been pretty uneventful. We hadn't even had rain since very early in January. That all changed this week!
Our experience is that it doesn't just rain in Dubai. Rain falls in heavy downpours and is accompanied with thunder and lightning. Our first rain happened on Saturday night. Traffic ground to a standstill on many of the major thoroughfares as they developed huge puddles. I guess when it only rains 5 - 10 days a year, drainage systems aren't a priority in the infrastructure. Just when things were almost getting back to normal it rained again on Monday night. Roads closed into some of the Emirates, schools were closed. Our kids were sent home early - not sure why since they were already there and the sky was clear and blue.
I heard of one woman who had her 3 cars destroyed because of the water. She must have been parked in an underground parking garage. Dubai Mall also apparently flooded. Fortunately, with our Penthouse suite, the only issue we had was a little puddle of water in our bedroom from the leak in our window.
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