Dubai Experiences Worst Flood of the Season; Heavy Rain Causes Airport to Overflow; Several Flights Are Diverted

Latest News on the Dubai Flood: Following intense rains, the airport was submerged, causing many planes to be rerouted and Dubai to experience the worst flood of the season. The runway at Dubai International Airport was buried by the city’s flash flood, giving the impression that it was an ocean; streets transformed into rivers, and houses were flooded.

Flight Operations Have Been Canceled
The intense rain has caused the Dunai airport to halt flight operations for about thirty minutes.

Noteworthy is the fact that the Dubai airport has already seen around 100 mm of rain in only 12 hours on Tuesday, and 160 mm in total over the course of the day. The city of Dubai receives 88.9 mm of rain annually on average.

Notably, there was an unusual halt to arrivals at Dubai International Airport, which normally receives over 100 airline arrivals every evening.

Advisory Concerning Dubai Airport Issues
The Dubai International Airport advised travelers to “check your flight status… on Wednesday morning.” Therefore, budget much more time for your trip to the airport.

Videos of automobiles partially submerged in water in the airport parking lot and aircraft being parked on wet runways were circulated on social media. The airport’s access roads were completely submerged under water.

The footage also showed enormous passenger aircraft traveling down the flooded runway, which gave the impression of being an ocean, more like boats.

Numerous Flights Were cancelled
Following these events, the Dubai airport website displayed scores of delayed or canceled flights on Tuesday, with Saudi Arabia, the UK, India, and Pakistan among the impacted destinations.

The bad weather caused several flights to be delayed or canceled, according to a statement from Emirates airline.

Flydubai acknowledged in a statement that it has temporarily halted all of its flights leaving Dubai till Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. (local time).

Flydubai has canceled all of its flights that were planned to leave from Dubai tonight evening, April 16, with effect from 10:00 (Dubai local time) on April 17. Passengers who do not have Dubai as their ultimate destination would not be allowed to fly during this time, an airline official told the Reuters news agency.