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Dubai floods seen from space - 17 April 2024. Dubai Metro services were severely impacted, leaving around 200 commuters stranded at several stations. MA highway through Dubai was reduced to a single lane in one direction, while the E11 Road that connects Dubai with the capital Abu Dhabi was closed in the Abu Dhabi direction. [14]
DUBAI (Reuters) - A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes.
Intercity bus service on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi, Dubai-Sharjah, and Dubai-Ajman routes were suspended. [31] A total of 1,244 flights at Dubai International Airport were cancelled over a two-day period with 41 others diverted. [32] [33] All Flydubai flights scheduled for departure on 16 April from Dubai were cancelled.
Dubai was chosen as the host city in November of the same year. It was the third time it was hosted by a member of OPEC after Qatar in 2012 and Indonesia in 2007. [19] The United Arab Emirates is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, due to its very hot and humid climate.
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12 December – Max Verstappen wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the Championship against Lewis Hamilton. 13 December – Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discuss strengthening bilateral trade and cooperation in multiple areas, at the first meeting of the leaders of the two countries.
Scientists announce the discovery of the world's oldest cave painting, depicting three people gathered around a large red pig, estimated to be at least 51,200 years old, in Leang Karampurang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Disasters and accidents. 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Beryl
Al Ras is the westernmost neighborhood in the district of Deira, a historically significant section of the city of Dubai. The neighborhood is a popular tourist destination, [ 7 ] featuring such landmarks as the gold and spice souks, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] the Al Ahmadiya School , [ 7 ] [ 9 ] and the Al Ras Public Library . [ 10 ]