Dubai: Storms and flooded roads – Airport turned into a lake
Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit them United Arab Emirates today, flooding major highways and forcing drivers to abandon their vehicles in Dubai. The same picture existed in Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
ALERT🚨
A Stay-home advisory has been issued due to heavy rain flooding all 7 Emirates including Dubai
The UAE has been experimenting and using cloud seeding! pic.twitter.com/305IVV9qDb
— Insider Corner (@insiderscorner) April 16, 2024
Dubai flooded – Flight cancellations
In the dubai, overnight rains and gusty winds led to flight cancellations at the international airport, which is one of the world’s busiest and headquarters of Emirates airline.
In fact, operations at Dubai International Airport (DXB) were suspended for 25 minutes on Tuesday due to a severe storm, according to a statement. Operations have restarted, the airport added.
A total of 21 outbound and 24 inbound flights were canceled as of 12.02 today and three flights were diverted to other neighboring airports, a DXB spokesman said.
Menos mal que al final no fui a#TOKEN2049 en Dubai, I wanted to go but no pudo ser pero ahora me alegro porque la ciudad entera está inundada.
Imagine paying for the flight and accommodation and everything to not be able to leave the hotel… So my eyes are set #Token2049Singaporebut ya… pic.twitter.com/1UsFmjRwmP— NHCripto (@ChristianNH21) April 16, 2024
To deal with flood phenomenatankers are carrying out operations to drain the water from the road network, while hotels were also flooded.
