The UAE continues to reel from floods caused by the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the desert state.
The UAE continues to reel from floods caused by the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the desert state, with airlines, banks, and city transport facing major disruptions and service outages.
TOPSHOT - Cars are stranded on a flooded street in Dubai following heavy rains on April 18, 2024. Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on April 18, a day after the heaviest rains on record.Roughly a year's worth of rain pummeled the normally bone-dry Gulf country in a span of just 12 hours.
"Wear trainers and shorts and bring a backpack to carry your food back," one resident of the upmarket Al Manara residential neighborhood advised. Video footage from some neighborhoods showed locals on surfboards and even jet skis to get around. Beiruti Flame Grill, a local Lebanese restaurant, was one of many Dubai businesses completely submerged — its staff are using a raft to get around the neighborhood.
Some parts of the UAE saw over 100 mm of rain between Tuesday and Wednesday — a 75-year record since the country began recording rainfall, according to country's National Centre of Meteorology. The government on Tuesday issued aon Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Highway as drivers' engines died while water rose around them. The city's metro became an impromptu overnight shelter, as people working in and around some stations couldn't get home.
Dubai's airport was a scene of chaos, as frustrated travelers were told they would be unable to fly. The airport urged travelers not to come to the airport unless absolutely necessary, and suspended check-ins until Thursday morning."The airport staff told everyone to get onto the metro for two stops and then to get on the bus replacement service ... We got there and there was no replacement service," one British resident of Dubai coming back from a holiday told CNBC.
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