Dubai Airports, the manager of the emirate’s airports, issued an alert today announcing that “operations continue to be significantly disrupted at Dubai International Airport due to heavy rains and flooding” on this day.
In the note, the company stated that “due to intense stormoperations were temporarily suspended for 25 minutes this afternoon”, but he stressed that, after this stoppage, operations were slowly restarted and at this time “They are in recovery mode“.
“A total of 21 outbound and 24 arrival flights have been canceled since 12:02 local time (08:02 GMT) this morning, and three flights were diverted to other neighboring airports,” he reported.
Likewise, he highlighted that “there are Major flooding on access roads around Dubai leading to the airport,” and announced that “current weather forecasts indicate that unsettled weather will continue to cause delays and disruptions until the early hours of the morning of Wednesday, April 17.”
For all these reasons, Dubai Airports activated response teams to work closely with airlines and other service partners with the aim of “restore normal operations as soon as possible and minimize inconvenience” to passengers.
In Dubai there they manage and control the time how they want pic.twitter.com/MyZgpocWQE
— soros triplehijueputa (@soroshijueputa2) April 18, 2024
Given these circumstances, they recommended travelers to use the Dubai metro “for smoother traffic” and taking advantage of the fact that the metropolitan extended its service until 03:00 hours (23:00 GMT).
On the other hand, the Government of Dubai extended remote work for public employees until tomorrowWednesday, April 17, due to weather conditions, as reported in a statement on his X account.
“Private schools in Dubai have also been ordered to continue with distance learning tomorrow. “Private sector entities are urged to adopt remote work tomorrow and take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of everyone,” the note states.
Numerous citizens shared through the social network X several videos and photographs of the airport, roads and shopping centers flooded by the torrential rains that have affected the emirate throughout this day.
Flooded streets in Dubai after heavy rain 🌧️
Heavy rain and thunderstorms left streets and shops underwater in the United Arab Emirates, causing the cancellation of 290 flights in Dubai and the closure of schools. pic.twitter.com/0PkHxIHpkf
— RT in Spanish (@ActualidadRT) April 18, 2024
In Dubai it has rained the equivalent of 2 years in one day. 🌧😱pic.twitter.com/gCtcd5N5af
— Teach me about Science (@EnsedeCiencia) April 18, 2024
“Dubai”:
For this video where everything is blown off a balcony during “the worst storm in the last 30 years.” pic.twitter.com/L6hp6E5ptt
— Trends in Argentina (@becauseTTarg) April 18, 2024
“Dubai”:
For this video where everything is blown off a balcony during “the worst storm in the last 30 years.” pic.twitter.com/L6hp6E5ptt
— Trends in Argentina (@becauseTTarg) April 18, 2024
Time lapse of the storm that caused flooding in Dubai.
— We are Cosmos (@InformaCosmos) April 17, 2024
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