Dubai’s major international airport diverted scores of incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates, causing widespread flooding around the desert country.
Dubai, the Middle East’s financial centre, has been paralysed by the torrential rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain, and left 18 dead in Oman on Sunday and Monday. Both Oman and the UAE, which hosted last year’s COP28 UN climate talks, have previously warned that global warming is likely to lead to more flooding.
Flagship shopping centers Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates both suffered flooding and water was ankle-deep in at least one Dubai Metro station, according to images posted on social media. Some inland areas of the UAE recorded more than 80 millimeters of rain over 24 hours to 8:00 am, approaching the annual average of about 100mm.
Bahrain, to the UAE’s north-west, was also hit by heavy rain and flooding after being pummelled by thunder and lightning overnight.
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