Heavy rain floods Dubai streets, airport after at least 6” fall in a day

Dubai was inundated by rounds of downpours and submerged in flooding brought on by the equivalent of about two years’ worth of rain Tuesday. It follows flooding in recent days that reportedly killed at least 18 in neighboring Oman. Sparked by an unseasonably potent area of low pressure and cold air aloft, the first rounds in Tuesday’s barrage hit before sunrise and lasted off and on through the day. At least 6.3 inches had officially fallen in Dubai as of …