Dubai airport has opened a terminal for incoming flights after two days of disruption from a storm that flooded runways, streets and homes and stranded thousands in the city.
Heavy rain has continued to batter Gulf states, causing deadly flash floods and disrupting flights at the world’s second-busiest airport, which last year served more than 80 million travellers.
The storm on Tuesday led to record rainfall in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), particularly affecting Dubai, where towering skyscrapers and beach resorts attract more than a million British travellers each year.
At least 23 flights had been due to leave British airports for Dubai on Wednesday but they were among 300 cancelled. The UK flights alone would have represented more than 10,000 seats, according to Cirium,
