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Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE

Headline from CBS News, on the newest of 2 developments

Water still covers some roads around Dubai International Airport, but flights are moving as the UAE bails out from a historic deluge.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Dubai airport diverts flights as 'exceptional weather' hits city

    Headline from Digital Journal ·

  2. Newest

    Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE

    Headline from CBS News ·

Reports & sources

20 articles, oldest first.

  1. France 24

    Dubai airport diverts flights as 'exceptional weather' hits city (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Dubai's major international airport began diverting all incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the city, causing widespread flooding.

  2. France 24

    Dubai's airport diverts scores of flights as 'exceptional weather' hits Gulf (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Dubai's major international airport diverted scores of incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates, causing widespread flooding around the desert country.

  3. CBS News

    Dubai flooding amid atypical heavy rains snarls traffic on UAE roads and airport runways (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Normally parched roads and airport runways in the desert city-state of Dubai were left underwater by an incredibly rare rainstorm.

  4. Al-Monitor

    Dubai airport diverts flights as 'exceptional weather' hits Gulf (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Dubai's major international airport diverted scores of incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates, causing widespread flooding around the desert country.The world's busiest air hub for international passengers confirmed a halt to arrivals at 7:26 pm (1526 GMT) before …

  5. CBS News

    Dubai flooding hobbles major airport (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Dubai International Airport is urging travelers to stay away as flooding from "a historic weather event" hobbles the arid United Arab Emirates.

  6. France 24

    Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on Wednesday, a day after the heaviest rains on record.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    UAE: Dubai scrambles to resume flights after deadly floods – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Unprecedented floods hit the desert country this week, killing at least one and bringing Dubai city to a standstill. Dubai International Airport, a major travel hub, has resumed operations, albeit only partially.

  8. CBS News

    Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Water still covers some roads around Dubai International Airport, but flights are moving as the UAE bails out from a historic deluge.

  9. Al-Monitor

    Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still plagued by floods (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Dubai's airport, one of the world's busiest, witnessed major disruption for the third day in a row on Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the desert United Arab Emirates.Emirates, Dubai's state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after telling passe…

  10. Al-Monitor

    Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still deluged (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Dubai airport, one of the world's busiest, witnessed major disruption for a third straight day Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the desert United Arab Emirates.Emirates, Dubai's state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after telling passengers t…

  11. Voice of America

    Record flooding in Dubai grounds flights; airport working to fully resume operations (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Heavy rainfall overwhelmed the UAE's drainage systems

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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