Heavy rain that began overnight and continued into Tuesday morning brought chaos to the UAE's roads as motorists battled flooding and traffic jams.
Most of Dubai’s main roads had partial flooding ,mainly around junctions, with one car flipped on to its roof on Al Khail Road, eyewitnesses told local radio.
Huge puddles formed in the slow lane of Sheikh Zayed Road and strong winds overnight felled some of the Dubai Shopping Festival lights next to the overtaking lane near the Burj Khalifa.
Listeners to Radio 1 and Radio 2 told the stations there was heavy traffic heading towards Abu Dhabi. One accident was reported about 15km from the Dubai-Abu Dhabi border, with police and rescue crews in attendance.
Three lanes on Emirates Road heading towards Barsha, near Global Village, were closed due to floods.
Roads around Ibn Battuta Mall were badly flooded and were causing traffic to pile up at 6.30am. Callers said it was taking 30 minutes to drive 200m.
While, in Mirdif pools of water across many roads forced drivers to pile into one lane from the usual three.
Sharjah commuters continues to suffer as more rain fell on roads already badly flooded from earlier heavy rain.
Motorists who began their journey as early as 6am were reported to be still on road till 9am. Cars tailed back along Al Wahda street - the main route into Dubai.
Dubai’s met office issued a severe weather warning from 6pm on Monday night.
"From this evening onwards the weather will become unsettled with thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rain, strong gusty winds and the possibility of hail,” the met office said at the time.
“Winds may gust to 40 knots (75km/h) with poor visibility and flooding, making driving conditions difficult. This unsettled weather will persist throughout Tuesday."
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