Dubai in the United Arab Emirates was hit by flooding that submerged roads and vehicles and caused flights to divert.

Dubai in the United Arab Emirates was hit by flooding that submerged roads and vehicles and caused flights to divert.
Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation, flooding roads and Dubai’s international airport.
Aerial rescues in Oman have saved at least 75 people, some who were swept up and carried away by flash floods.
Many deaths have been reported in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bordering Afghanistan.
Authorities have called on emergency services to remain on high alert, with more severe weather on the way.
Kurgan and Tyumen regions of Russia, and parts of Kazakhstan, are threatened by some of the worst flooding in history.
Most casualties have been from roof collapses, while some 600 houses have been damaged or destroyed, authorities say.
Drone video shows rows of houses and streets underwater in Russia and Kazakhstan.
Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan.
Kremlin says weather forecast is ‘unfavourable’ with western Siberia expecting peak flooding in three to five days.
Russia declares a federal emergency as flooding forces thousands from their water-logged homes in the Ural Mountains.
More than 10,400 homes across Russia are flooded, with the Urals, Siberia, the Volga and central regions the worst hit.
The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural river, force thousands of people to evacuate.
Mountain and coastal provinces were flooded, with one coastal village considering relocating due to rising sea levels.