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    Dubai airport urges passengers to stay away as Brits struggle to escape flood chaos

    by Lydia Chantler-Hicks Apr 17, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: ES Composite

    Dubai International Airport has urged travellers to stay away after it was left submerged in water by record rainfall.

    Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, flooding portions of major highways as well as the international airport, where planes have been grounded and arrivals halted.

    The airport - the world's busiest for international travel and a hub for the long-haul carrier Emirates - on Wednesday wrote on X: “We advise you NOT to come to the airport,

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