Heavy rains and floods paralyze Dubai airports and roads

The heavy rains this Tuesday affected the operation of airports in Dubaiwhich temporarily halted its operations due to flooding on the runways and access roads.

Dubai Airportsmanager of the emirate’s airports, today issued a warning announcing that “Operations continue to be significantly disrupted at the international airport of Dubai due to heavy rains and floods of this day.

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In the note, the company stated that “Due to the intense storm, operations were temporarily suspended for 25 minutes this afternoon”but stressed that, after this stoppage, operations restarted slowly and at this moment “They are in recovery mode.”

“A total of 21 outbound flights and 24 inbound flights were cancelled. since 12:02 local time (08:02 GMT) this morning, and three flights have been diverted to other neighboring airports.”he reported.

Likewise, he highlighted that “There is significant flooding on access roads around Dubai that take you to the airport”, and announced that “Current weather forecasts indicate that the unstable weather will follow causing delays and interruptions until the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 17.”

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For all this, since Dubai Airports activated response teams to work closely with airlines and other service partners with the goal of “restore normal operations as quickly as possible and minimize disruptions” to passengers.

Given these circumstances, they recommended that travelers use the metro. Dubai “for more fluid traffic” and taking advantage of the fact that the metro extended its service until 03:00 (23:00 GMT).

On the other hand, the Government of Dubai remote work extended to Public workers until tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17th, due to weather conditions, as stated in a statement on your X account.

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“Private schools were also forced to Dubai to continue with distance learning tomorrow. Private sector entities are urged adopt remote work tomorrow and take all necessary measures to ensure everyone’s safety.”indicated in the note.

Numerous citizens shared through the social network several videos and photographs of the airport, roads and shopping centers flooded by the torrential rains that affected the emirate throughout this work day.

Source: Elcomercio

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