Current location:Worldly Window news portal > world
US tourists trapped in Dubai traumatized by floods swamping the desert playground
Worldly Window news portal2024-05-21 14:03:08【world】9People have gathered around
IntroductionAmerican tourists are stuck in Dubai after the desert nation was hit with 'historic' floods that dre
American tourists are stuck in Dubai after the desert nation was hit with 'historic' floods that drenched the city and shut down its airport.
The United Arab Emirates experienced the heaviest rain ever recorded on Tuesday and the 'historic weather event' wreaked havoc across the nation.
Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airfield for international travel, was flooded out by the deluge - leaving tourists stranded in the desert.
'Everyone's literally stuck here,' an American tourist from Los Angeles reported from her hotel room in Dubai on Tuesday.
'If you're trying to get here, you're not gonna get her,' Wendy O. said in a TikTok video.
'Everyone's literally stuck here,' an American tourist from Los Angeles reported from her hotel room in Dubai on Tuesday
'If you're trying to get here, you're not gonna get her,' Wendy O. said in a TikTok video
@cryptowendyo Yes, everything you see on the internet about the Dubai flood is true #dubai #cryptowendyo
♬ original sound - Wendy O✨
Another influencer, known for posting investing TikToks, documented his experience with the insane Dubai flooding while he was in the city for a Desci event
American tourists are stuck in Dubai after the desert nation was hit with 'historic' floods that drenched the city and shut down its airport
The United Arab Emirates experienced the heaviest rain ever recorded on Tuesday and the 'historic weather event' wreaked havoc across the nation
'Literally everything you see on the internet is true - the flooding, the mall collapsing, the people getting stuck in their cars, people getting electrocuted while trying to get through all the flooding in the streets...
'That's because they don't have drainage here,' the TikToker explained.
'For the first time ever I'm happy that I pay crazy taxes in LA to have proper drainage,' she said - adding that the flooding is a 'hot mess' and that she can't wait to go home.
Other videos on TikTok from Americans visiting Dubai showed their horrified reactions to the insane weather conditions.
A TikToker from New Jersey captured a video of herself in a taxi as the roads flooded with water, which she captioned 'the most traumatic experience.'
Another visitor shared footage of a Dubai mall as water dramatically gushed over the marbles floors and panicked shoppers tried to flee.
An American businessman visiting Dubai said he was 'trying to get his run in' when the flood hit. 'The roads are like pools right now,' he said - adding that the Bitcoin conference he was attending in the city got cancelled due to the extreme flooding.
A group of influencers visiting the desert city got trapped inside a Rolls Royce during the flooding, as video footage captured the panicked tourists floating inside their luxury vehicle in the middle of the road.
Another tourist detailed how she 'risked her life' in Dubai after getting stuck in the airport for hours while trying to get a taxi, while other travelers had been stuck there for 8+ hours
Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airfield for international travel, was flooded out by the deluge - leaving tourists stranded in the desert
@heyitstae16 habibi 😭 #dubaimall #flooding #flashflooding #dubaistorm #rain
♬ Oh No - Kreepa
@bitcoincapitalist Dubai is flooded by rain storm #uae #dubairain #blockchainlife #bitcoin
♬ original sound - Bitcoin Capitalist 🌎
Another tourist detailed how she 'risked her life' in Dubai after getting stuck in the airport for hours while trying to get a taxi, while other travelers had been stuck there for 8+ hours.
Aoife said in a TikTok documenting her group's chaotic taxi journey to Dubai that they were basically 'swimming' through the water as their suitcases clung on to the bed of the four-by-four vehicle for dear life.
She said that the city felt 'apocalyptic' as they drove the wrong way down the road and that the experience was terrifying.
Rain also fell in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia earlier this week. However, the rains were acute across the UAE.
One possible contributor may have been 'cloud seeding,' in which small planes operated by the government fly through clouds burning special salt flares. Those flares can increase precipitation.
Several reports quoted meteorologists at the National Center for Meteorology as saying they flew six or seven cloud-seeding flights before the rains.
Flight-tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press showed one aircraft affiliated with the UAE’s cloud-seeding efforts flew around the country Monday.
The National, an English-language, state-linked newspaper in Abu Dhabi, quoted an anonymous official at the center on Wednesday as saying no cloud seeding took place on Tuesday, without acknowledging any earlier flights.
The center did not respond to questions Wednesday from the AP.
Address of this article:http://www.camilleandconfettis.com/html-34c899073.html
Very good!(15242)
Related articles
- Not so Cool Britannia! Noel Gallagher gives damning verdict on Keir Starmer
- Xi in My Eyes
- People go outside to enjoy scenery of flowers in many parts of China
- Moss pink flowers in full bloom in Heibei
- Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
- Sunrise scene in east China's Jiangsu
- Minjiang River estuary nature reserve in Fujian, SE China
- Cat cafe in Bydgoszcz, Poland
- The government wants to buy their flood
- Moss pink flowers in full bloom in Heibei
Popular articles
Recommended
Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates
A look at historical water town Wuzhen
Moss pink flowers in full bloom in Heibei
Xi's Speech at CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
Ordos wetland in north China's Inner Mongolia
Xi's Three Visits to Wuhan
Autumn scenery at Summer Palace in Beijing
Links
- China urges U.S. to stop COVID
- Over 1,500 vehicles exported via Torugart Port in Xinjiang in first two months
- China urges U.S. to stop COVID
- Interview: IMF official warns lack of vaccination in low
- Desert locusts seen in Sanaa, Yemen
- China to build 5 tugboats for Egypt's Suez Canal
- Japan's campaign to revive domestic tourism sparks controversy
- 4805 fully E
- Sri Lanka receives batch of China's Sinopharm vaccines
- Comicomment丨Ocean in sorrow: influx of nuclear