Many flights delayed, cancelled due to unusual heavy rain at Dubai airport

Due to unusual heavy rain in Dubai and water-logging at  Dubai airport , many flights have been delayed or cancelled.

Incessant rain over the last 48 hours have left many areas flooded .

Most of the schools have been closed. In Dubai,



the downpour, which had started on Friday night,fell at a rate of 150 millimeters per hour, for two and a half hours.

Dubai Media Office described it as “unusually heavy rain” on its Twitter account.