Dubai International Airport cancelled, diverted and delayed flights on Saturday due to heavy rain and flooding, Dubai Airports said.
The National (AE) reports that Dubai Airports can confirm that due to heavy rainfall and flooding earlier today, Dubai International (DXB) is experiencing operational disruptions,” an official said.
“We are working closely with our service partners to get back to full operations as soon as possible, however flight delays are expected to continue through the day with some cancellations and diversions to Dubai World Central (DWC).”
Flights are likely to be delayed throughout the day and some have been cancelled or diverted to nearby Al Maktoum airport, state-owned Dubai Airports said on Twitter.
Video footage and images posted on social media showed part of the airport’s runway area submerged under water. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage.Dubai airport is the base of airlines Emirates and flydubai.Emirates said several flights to and from Dubai had been delayed. Flydubai said its flights were also delayed, while some had been diverted.
Dubai airport today pic.twitter.com/7D3zz8HtZj
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This is Dubai airport right now 😳 pic.twitter.com/UeSYBG2xdO
— Mohsin Bilal Khan (@MohsinBilalKhan) January 11, 2020
Dubai Airport flooded. pic.twitter.com/LBqiYqlIDm
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Via Reuters / Twitter / The National AE
