The deluge closed schools and businesses, grounded hundreds of flights, and destroyed cars, businesses and other property.
It threw daily life into chaos as many residents lost power and running water or were trapped either inside their homes or in airports, or wherever they happened to be when the storm hit.
The normally dry desert country in the Gulf was pummeled with roughly a year's worth of rain in less than a day, more than it has ever seen in a single storm since records for the UAE began in 1949.Satellite photo of part of Dubai on April 3, taken by Landsat 9, an earth observation satellite operated by a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .
It threw daily life into chaos as many residents lost power and running water or were trapped either inside their homes or in airports, or wherever they happened to be when the storm hit.
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