Dubai airport runway flooded due to historic rain

Dubai International Airport (DXB), recently ranked as the second busiest airport in the world, has ceased its activity Flooding hit roads, homes or premises across the United Arab Emirates this Tuesday, following “significant disruptions due to inclement weather”.

“We recommend that you do not come to the airport unless it is absolutely necessary,” they said in a statement released on DXB’s social networks. “Flight delays or diversions continue. Please check your status directly with your airline,” he adds.

That’s what they miss from the airport they continue to work “To restore normal operations as quickly as possible amidst very changing circumstances,” he said.

Planes can be seen arriving in videos circulated on social networks Runway completely filled with water, According to passengers quoted by CNN, DXB was “filling up” and they had nowhere to go.

Companies like Emirates or flydubai have taken measures in their operations. The first of them has issued a statement in which it has announced that it is suspending check-in for all passengers arriving at Dubai Airport from 8:00 am to midnight this Wednesday “due to inclement weather”. Were about to leave.

According to the WAM agency, for this reason, flydubai suspended all its flights departing from Dubai until 10:00 am this Wednesday.

The rains this Tuesday have caused flooding in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. At least one person has died, as reported by authorities. It fell in 12 hours, the equivalent of a year, the largest amount of water since records began in 1949.