Gallery

Last floods of 'Hulhangu': Male' City

As the country experiences the last 'nakaiy' (portion) of the Maldivian Monsoon Calendar, heavy rainstorm hits the central Kaafu Atoll on November 5, causing flooding in the streets of capital Male' city. As a result, a large number of families and businesses incurred costly damages.

Expatriate workers on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU

Male-Rain-Flood-Weather

People on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU

Kids playing football on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU

A person drags his run-down motorycle on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU

Vehicles driving along on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

People walking on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

Police drive on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

People seeking higher ground at Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

Motorcycles flooded halfway on a street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

A motorcycle on its side on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

A man bailing out floodwater during the flooding of Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

Expatriate workers outside living quarters during the flooding of Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

Traffic Police driving on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

Traffic Police walk on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

A State Trading Organization godown during the flooding of Male' on November 5. PHOTO: AHMED NISHAATH/MIHAARU

Maldives National Defence Force's Fire and Rescue Services pumping water from a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

A man pumps water from a flooded home in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

A young man on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

A motorcycle being driven on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

Two people having a conversation on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

Man crosses a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

Motorcycles driving past on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN

Motorcycles drive as WAMCO workers make their waste collection efforts during the heavy flooding of Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

People walk on a flooded street in Male' on November 5. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU