A supercar worth £250,000 owned by Dubai's super-rich is being lost in an apocalyptic flood that has ripped through the glittering desert.
Torrential rains submerged the entire city, cutting off roads and shopping streets.
Dubai received a year's worth of rain in just 24 hours, leaving the city's infrastructure and flood protection systems woefully unprepared.
Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of water, the gorgeous desert was flooded with unprecedented amounts, filling everything with water.
Earlier, shocking pictures showed dozens of cars being left abandoned after filling with water.
Even cars owned by Dubai's super-rich have been badly damaged, with expensive motors including a Ferrari worth £250,000 lost in the floods, pictures show.
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Luxury stores such as Chanel and Dior were also damaged, and the town's elite cried out in lamentation.
Real Housewives of Dubai star Caroline Stanbury has painted a picture of the city's apocalyptic situation.
She told the Mail: “When you see the water flowing as if [water from] All luxury stores such as Chanel and Dior are affected.
“If you saw cars, sports cars, flowing down the street, you would know how bad it was.”
Meanwhile, dramatic footage has been released of the moment a £2 million Pagani Utopia drives through floodwaters in Dubai, where roads are completely submerged.
A video showed hypercars tentatively braving recent floods as the glamorous Arabian city was brought to a standstill.
Devastating flooding has led to speculation that the glamorous city could cost $1 billion to clean up after “apocalyptic” flooding.
What is the cause of heavy rain in Dubai?
Heavy rains flooded Dubai on Tuesday, killing at least one person and causing widespread disruption at the world's busiest airfield.
The real cause of the heavy rain is not yet known, but some theorize that it could be the result of cloud formation.
Cloud seeding is being used in the United Arab Emirates to increase the desert country's dwindling and limited groundwater supplies, according to the Associated Press.
This weather modification technique involves small planes flying through clouds while burning special salt flares that can increase precipitation.
According to reports, meteorologists at the National Weather Center said they flew six or seven cloud dispersal flights before the rain started.
And flight tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press reportedly showed that one aircraft participating in the UAE's cloud-seeding effort flew within the country on Sunday.
Lack of drainage on roads and other parts of the UAE is believed to have worsened the flooding as rain fell erratically.
Meanwhile, Dubai was forced to deny heavy rain due to cloud formations.
The UAE has relied on the cloud-seeding phenomenon for decades.
Cloud seeding seeks to manipulate the weather to bring more rain and make Dubai a better place to live.
Cloud seeding typically involves governments flying small planes into clouds and burning salt flares to increase precipitation.
The UAE's National Center of Meteorology (NCM) also claimed that several specialized cloud-seeding jets were seen flying days before the floods.
According to Bloomberg, NCM confirmed that sowing took place on Sunday and Monday, but denied that it did not happen on Tuesday.
NCM Deputy Director-General Omar Al-Yazeedi said that NCM “did not carry out any sowing operations during this event.”
record flood
Heavy rains and flooding, particularly in Dubai, left the airport submerged, shopping malls and train stations submerged, paralyzing the city and killing one person.
The heaviest rain on record wiped out the billionaire's playground.
At Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport, planes were diverted and some were seen swimming through floodwaters yesterday afternoon and evening.
Dramatic photos and videos showed shopping centers flooded and busy roads like rushing rivers dotted with parked cars.
People waded through ankle-deep water at subway stations and on roads, trying to push flooded cars to higher ground.
The state-run WAM news agency said it was a historic weather event, surpassing anything ever recorded in Dubai, where data collection began in 1949.
21 outbound and 24 inbound flights were canceled at Dubai International Airport (DXB) on Tuesday, while many other flights were diverted to nearby airports.
DXB was also significantly affected by “very difficult circumstances” on Wednesday.
As of Friday morning, it was still running limited services.
By the end of Tuesday, 5.59 inches of rain had flooded Dubai in just 24 hours.
Schools across the UAE were largely closed yesterday, and government employees and other workers were urged to work remotely if possible on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tanker trucks worked to pump water from roads and highways as floodwaters reached people's homes and forced them outdoors.
