Dubai Airport Flooding

The man said, "The communication delivery was so effective that not for a moment thereafter was I concerned about the situation M was in."

When record downpours sent water flooding into his Dubai home, Riaz Haq expected the levels to drop once it stopped raining. But instead of falling, the water kept rising higher.

Deaths from heavy rains earlier this week in the United Arab Emirates rose to four, authorities said on Friday, as well as flooding roads and jamming Dubai's international airport.

The Indian embassy in the UAE on Friday advised the inbound Indian passengers travelling to or transiting through Dubai International Airport to reschedule non-essential travel.

Some 1,244 flights were cancelled and 41 were diverted on Tuesday and Wednesday after torrential rains flooded the Middle East financial centre including its homes, malls and offices, and highways.

Dubai rainfall: Dubai, the Middle East's financial centre, has been paralysed by heavy rain and storm that has caused widespread flooding across the UAE.

Dubai, which usually experiences an arid climate and scorching temperatures, plunged into chaos on Tuesday as heavy rain battered the United Arab Emirates (UAE), disrupting air travel and prompting widespread flooding across the desert country.

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman.

This was because of severe flooding at Auckland Airport which resulted in the closing down of the airport over the weekend.

Air India said on Saturday that it had cancelled four Dubai-bound flights because water-logging at the destined airport after heavy rain, according to a carrier spokesperson.

The man said, "The communication delivery was so effective that not for a moment thereafter was I concerned about the situation M was in."

When record downpours sent water flooding into his Dubai home, Riaz Haq expected the levels to drop once it stopped raining. But instead of falling, the water kept rising higher.

Deaths from heavy rains earlier this week in the United Arab Emirates rose to four, authorities said on Friday, as well as flooding roads and jamming Dubai's international airport.

The Indian embassy in the UAE on Friday advised the inbound Indian passengers travelling to or transiting through Dubai International Airport to reschedule non-essential travel.

Some 1,244 flights were cancelled and 41 were diverted on Tuesday and Wednesday after torrential rains flooded the Middle East financial centre including its homes, malls and offices, and highways.

Dubai rainfall: Dubai, the Middle East's financial centre, has been paralysed by heavy rain and storm that has caused widespread flooding across the UAE.

Dubai, which usually experiences an arid climate and scorching temperatures, plunged into chaos on Tuesday as heavy rain battered the United Arab Emirates (UAE), disrupting air travel and prompting widespread flooding across the desert country.

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman.

This was because of severe flooding at Auckland Airport which resulted in the closing down of the airport over the weekend.

Air India said on Saturday that it had cancelled four Dubai-bound flights because water-logging at the destined airport after heavy rain, according to a carrier spokesperson.