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The Persian Gulf region is known for its hot and dry weather, though heavy rains causing flooding have also occurred with greater regularity in recent years. [5] [6] Britain's Royal Meteorological Society stated that the likely cause is a mesoscale convective system. [7]
The Wadi Ghalilah (Arabic: وادي غليلة, romanized: Wādī Ghalīlah) [1] is a valley or dry river, with intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Emirate of Ras al Khaimah.
Flooding of this area scattered peoples to both sides of the gulf depression. It was an area fed by four rivers. Rose calls it the "Gulf Oasis" which may have been a demographic refuge fed by the Tigris, Euphrates, Karun, and Wadi Batin rivers. It was suggested to be an area of freshwater springs and rivers. [6] [7]
On 16 April 2024, heavy rains caused floods in the United Arab Emirates, affected cities of mainly Dubai and Sharjah, the northern Emirates, and various areas of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. [2] According to the National Center for Meteorology (United Arab Emirates) , this was the country's heaviest rainfall recorded in 75 years.
The Persian Gulf is connected to the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Hormuz. Writing the water balance budget for the Persian Gulf, the inputs are river discharges from Iran and Iraq (estimated to be 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) per second), as well as precipitation over the sea which is around 180 mm (7.1 in)/year in Qeshm Island.
Alternative names: Wādī Sharm, Wadi Sharam, Ghalīlat Da'ān The name and cartographic references of Wadi Sharm (with the spelling Wadi Sharam) were recorded in the documentation and maps produced between 1950 and 1960 by the British Arabist, cartographer, military officer and diplomat Julian F. Walker, during the work carried out to establish borders between the then called Trucial States ...
Images from space show the hard-hit California towns of Pajaro and Porterville before and after flooding caused by recent storms. ... March 22, 2023 at 5:00 AM. The majority of Pajaro, Calif ...
Inland flooding downed thousands of date palm trees and inundated valleys. Nationally, the storm killed at least 757 people. [19] This was the last storm to make landfall in that region for the last 130 years until Cyclone Shaheen of 2021. June 2, 1898 – A strong storm moved through eastern Oman, dissipating in the Gulf of Oman. [40]