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Money Rain in Dubai: Traffic comes to a halt as it starts raining

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By Web Desk Published February 24, 2015 2 Min Read
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on February 11, people of Dubai could not believe their eyes when it started raining money in the middle of the UAE city.

According to a report on Daily Mail, UK, thousands of 500 UAE Dirham notes  flew through the  city on a busy afternoon earlier this month, and officials have yet to give an explanation as to why, or reveal a source of the cash.

Money in Dubai
Making it rain: This is the incredible moment people abandoned their cars and ran into the streets of Dubai after a strong wind carried hundreds of 500AED notes (£88) through the city

The currency notes were carried by strong winds through the Jumeirah area of Dubai for several minutes, but no one had a clue where it came from. 

A local woman surprisingly filmed how motorists dodging cash collectors on a busy stretch of highway in the city.

In the video it could also be see that vehicles are abandoned in the middle of road to get notes blowing down the road, and were filmed holding handfuls of notes.  

It is estimated that notes valued between two and three million Dirham were blowing in the wind.

Police later arrived at the area and ushered people away, local media report.

Also read: ‘Smell of money’  helps catch smugglers
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