ASIATODAY.ID, DUBAI – Activities in Dubai City were paralyzed due to flooding on Wednesday, April 17 2024.
The city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) received the heaviest rain that has not occurred in the last 75 years.
Due to the heavy rainfall, traffic in Dubai stopped. Six lanes of the toll road were flooded, and one road tunnel near the airport was flooded to a depth of several meters. This condition has made the airport in Dubai not operational.
A spokesperson for Dubai Airports said flights in and out of the airport were delayed and diverted. They also reminded prospective passengers not to come to the airport until operations there were restored.
Emirates airline canceled all check-ins as staff and passengers struggled to get to the airport, with access roads flooded and some Metro services halted.
Rainfall in the UAE reached 259.5 millimeters on Tuesday, April 16 2024, which is the largest rainfall since records began 75 years ago. Many residents admitted that they were trapped in cars and in offices overnight.
“It was one of the most terrifying situations I’ve ever been in, because I knew that if my car broke down, it would sink and I would drown with it,” said one worker after his 15-minute journey turned into a 12-hour nightmare. on a flooded road.
Forecaster from the UAE National Meteorological Center, Maryam Al-Shehhi, stated that her party was carrying out weather engineering efforts by seeding clouds.
“Conditions in the desert require more time than land for water to absorb. “The amount of rain that falls is too much for the land to absorb,” he said. (Newswire/ATN)
Check out other news and articles at Google News and WA Channel