Dubai Flooded by Floods, Streets Turn into Rivers and Airport Runway Submerged

Video Dubai Lumpuh Diterjang Banjir, Jalanan bak Sungai hingga Landasan Bandara Tergenang Translation: "Dubai Video Paralyzed by Floods, Streets Turn into Rivers and Airport Runways Submerged"

Dream - Rainfall for a year pouring over Dubai for several hours caused a major flood on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Roads turned into rivers and the rushing water inundated houses and businesses. In fact, the flood even made airplanes look like boats as they were surrounded by puddles of water.

In the video circulating on social media, it shows the condition of Dubai International Airport being flooded due to heavy rain and thunderstorms since the evening. The runway, which is usually used for taking off and landing aircraft, is seen surrounded by floods.

Dubai Flooded by Floods, Streets Turn into Rivers and Airport Runway Submerged

Even though the runway is flooded with water, the plane from Emirates airline tries to navigate the way and struggles against the rain.

In its official statement, Emirates stated that several flights from Dubai International Airport were disrupted and delayed due to bad weather. "Due to poor weather conditions, some flights to and from @DXB (Dubai International Airport) have been delayed or disrupted," the airline wrote, as reported by news.com.au.

In another video uploaded by content creator named Jay Robert, it shows an Emirates flight attendant dragging her suitcase while passing through knee-high floods. According to him, some Emirates crew members believe that the current situation in Dubai is the worst flood they have seen in almost 20 years.

"Proof that nothing stands between crew and sleep, Emirates crew braved floods in Dubai in an effort to go home after a long flight. Some Emirates crew members wrote that this is the worst flood they have ever seen in this city in nearly the past 20 years," he said. Dubai International Airport had to temporarily suspend airport operations due to bad weather, causing 100 flights to be disrupted."

"So, they will divert the scheduled flights to that airport until evening until the weather starts to improve."

"Although flight arrivals have been temporarily diverted, departure schedules will continue to operate. They are also working to restore airport operations to normal and minimize inconvenience for users. 'We are temporarily diverting flights that arrive late at night until weather conditions improve. Departure flights will continue to operate. Together with our partners, we are working to restore operations to normal and minimize inconvenience for you,' said the airport authorities in their post."

Some other famous places, such as Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates, were also flooded up to ankle height. Not only that, one of the Dubai Metro stations also experienced a similar situation as shown in the uploaded picture on social media. AFP reported that some inland areas in the United Arab Emirates recorded rainfall of more than 80 millimeters or about 3.2 inches in a 24-hour period until 8 am local time. This amount of rainfall in a day is close to the annual average of about 100 millimeters. Furthermore, there is a possibility of even higher rainfall expected on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Report: Nisya Aprilya.

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