Dubai reels from floods chaos after record rains

Dubai (AFP) April 17, 2024

Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains. Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain - about two years' worth - fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. At least one person was killed after a 70-year-old man was