The UAE continues to reel from floods caused by the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the desert state.
The desert city was overwhelmed by a torrential downpour that dumped a
Streets remain flooded in Dubai after the heaviest rainfall in the United Arab Emirates in 75 years. The flooding caused travel chaos as Dubai airport grounded flights and closed its terminals. As flood waters recede, some people are taking matters into their own hands using kayaks to rescue stranded residents. Up to 259.5mm (10.2in) of rain fell on the usually arid country on Tuesday, with neighbouring countries also hit by heavy rain earlier in the week. In Oman, 20 people died, including 10...
Dubai, which usually experiences an arid climate and scorching temperatures, plunged into chaos on Tuesday as heavy rain battered the United Arab Emirates (UAE), disrupting air travel and prompting widespread flooding across the desert country.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – During the flooding in Dubai this week, rescuers found a soaked cat clinging to a car door and scooped it out of several feet of floodwater. On Tuesday, two years' worth of rain fell on Dubai, triggering flash flooding that crippled a city not accustomed to rain. In the video attached to the top of this story, the soaked black-and-white feline can be seen hanging on to the car door's handle in several feet of floodwater. Rescuers in a kayak approached and nabbed...
The downpour prompted flight cancellations and delays at Dubai's airport, with travelers stranded for hours in both the terminal and on the tarmac.
Passengers crowded around airline desks at Dubai international airport on Wednesday after major delays and cancellations caused by heavy rains.The United Arab Emirates was hit by what the government described as the highest rainfall in the past 75 years. The rains began on Monday night, and by Tuesday evening the desert city of Dubai had received the average amount of rain it normally gets in a year.Although the heavy rains had eased by late Tuesday, disruption was continuing on Wednesday, with...
Anand Mahindra's recent post on Dubai flood has drawn criticism from netizens, including Jet Airways ex-CEO designate Sanjiv Kapoor. The Indian business tycoon compared Dubai’s situation with Mumbai, and Kapoor termed it an “incorrect analogy”.“Nope. Not Mumbai. Dubai,” Anand Mahindra wrote as he posted a video that shows waterlogged roads in Dubai.Retweeting the post, Kapoor wrote, “Incorrect analogy. Dubai was not built for such heavy rains - rains that would flood most cities. A better...
Dubai Airports CEO said he expects services to return "close to normality" soon as the major transit hub deals with the fallout from unprecedented flooding.
The TTC says subway trains are running again between Jane and Islington stations, but service at Kipling Station remains suspended. The partial resumption of subway service on the western portion of the Bloor-Danforth Line comes following a lengthy closure caused by a track-level fire that broke out near Islington Station on Thursday afternoon. About 75 shuttle buses had been running for two days to transport riders between the five affected stations. The fire “resulted in extensive...
Punishing rains - the heaviest experienced by the UAE in the 75 years that records have been kept - brought much of the country to a standstill and trapped thousands earlier this week
Climate change is behind torrential downpours and unusual flooding in the normally arid Dubai.