Roads were flooded and hundreds of flights were canceled as a result of the 5.6 inches of precipitation that Dubai received in a single day due to severe thunderstorms. This week, severe flooding in the United Arab Emirates was caused by record-breaking rainfall, according to officials. Four people were killed. A minimum of twenty-one persons were killed when the storm struck Oman over the weekend. On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) received its heaviest rainfall since records began in 1949.