Dubai Damac property boss says floods were overexaggerated [Video]

Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of Damac Properties, one of the United Arab Emirate’s largest private real estate developers, sought to downplay the severity of flooding in the country earlier this month, saying there were only “pockets of problems.”

On April 16, 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. 

Flash floods that formed led to water engulfing cars, in some areas fully submerging them, leading hundreds of drivers to abandon their vehicles on roads to escape the rising water levels. The deluge also closed schools and businesses, grounded hundreds of flights, and destroyed cars, businesses and other property. It threw daily life into …