Dubai: Dubai’s giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on Wednesday, a day after the heaviest rains on record. Tailbacks snaked along waterlogged, six-lane expressways after up to 259.5 millimetres (10.2 inches) of rain, the most since records began 75 years … Read more
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood – at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. Cloud seeding, although decades old, is still controversial in the weather community, mostly because it has been hard to prove that it does very much. No … Read more
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates was still grappling on Thursday with the aftermath of a record-breaking storm this week that brought much of the country to a standstill. In Dubai, operations at the airport, a major travel hub, remain disrupted after Tuesday’s storm flooded the runway, resulting in flight diversions, delays and cancellations. The airport … Read more
The cat was seen clinging to a car’s door handle while submerged in floodwaters With Dubai’s highways flooded after record rain, a cat was found clinging to a submerged car’s door. In a video posted by the Government of Dubai Media Office on X on Wednesday, the cat was seen clinging to a car’s door … Read more
Severe thunderstorms hit the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, causing heavy flooding in Dubai. The city received an unusually large amount of rain, equivalent to a year and a half’s worth, in just a few hours. This extreme weather disrupted traffic on major roads and operations at Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest airports … Read more
