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Dubai is 11 km from the centre of Dubai.

What is the name of Dubai’s airport?

All flights to Dubai land at Dubai. The airport code is DXB,and it can also be referred to as Dubai Intl.

How many cities have direct flights to Dubai?

From Tajikistan, there are direct flights to Dubai from 1 city. This city is Dushanbe and there are 9 direct flights each week.

How much is a flight to Dubai?

On average, a flight to Dubai costs AED 744. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost AED 737 and departed from Dushanbe Airport.

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Consulate General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Dubai

Standard Visa

What is a visa about?

A visa is a conditional authorization granted to a foreigner or a stateless person with the aim to cross the state border, enter, remain, and leave and to transit within the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan during the validity period of the issued visa.

What is standard visa and how can it be obtained ?

A visa is issued in a form of special sticker, which is attached to a special visa page in passport or other corresponding documents. Such category of visa is called standard or sticker visa. Starting from January 1, 2017 henceforth, the Republic of Tajikistan launched an electronic information network system for visa application. A standard visa of the below listed categories can be applied in the Consulate General of Tajikistan in Dubai.

Categories of standard visa:

Diplomatic;
Free economic zone;
Missionary;
Foreign media representative;
Humanitarian;
Permanent residence;

To apply for a standard visa, please follow the steps below:

Submit the application form and upload the required documents here www.visa.gov.tj

Provide a valid passport, which has at least two blank pages for a visa;
Your passport must be valid for at least six months longer than the validity of the requested visa.
NOC letter addressed to the Consulate General of Tajikistan in Dubai;
UAE resident visa;
License of the Company;
Invitation letter from a company based in Tajikistan
Hotel booking confirmation.

When you receive an email stating that “your application has been pre-approved”, please follow the following instructions:

Contact the Embassy/Consulate and make an appointment;
On the day of your appointment at the Embassy/Consulate, bring your appointment letter (confirmation of application pre-approval) and application pack/hard copies of documents, along with your passport;
You will be fingerprinted and your photo will be captured when you arrive for the interview at the Embassy/Consulate.
1) Diplomats;
2) Children.

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After a decision has been made, your visa will be ready for collection;
You will be requested to pay a visa fee in accordance with the visa category you have chosen, before collection of the passport;
You have to collect your passport in person from the Consulate General.

For any additional information about the visa procedure, please contact the Consular Section of Consulate General.

Consulate working days and hours: Monday to Friday , from 09:00 am to 03:00 pm.

Phone :(+971) 43945814 Email: [email protected]

«E-VISA»

What is E-visa and how can it be obtained?

The e-Visa is an official document permitting entry into and travel within Tajikistan. If you are a citizen of one of the below listed countries you can apply for e-Visa at www.evisa.tj . Once your application is successfully completed, your e-Visa will be e-mailed to you. The e-Visa is a single entry visa issued for 90 days, and its holder is not entitled to stay for more than 45 days in Tajikistan commencing from the date of arrival. The electronic visa is not subject to extension. For more information, please visit the following website: https://www.evisa.tj/index.evisa.html#/getinformed .

** Note: Please be informed that the Consulate General does not participate in the process of consideration of the E-visa applications. The Consulate General issues standard visas only.

The list of foreign countries whose citizens are eligible for applying visas of the Republic of Tajikistan in a simplified procedure:

1. Australia 2. Republic of Austria 3. Republic of Albania 4. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria 5. Principality of Andorra 6. Antigua and Barbuda 7. United States of America 8. Republic of Argentina 9. Republic of South Africa 10. Barbados 11. Kingdom of Bahrain 12. Belize 13. Kingdom of Belgium 14. Republic of Bulgaria 15. Plurinational State of Bolivia 16. Bosnia and Herzegovina 17. Federal Republic of Brazil 18. Brunei Dorussalam 19. Commonwealth of the Bahamas 20. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 22. Vatican 23. Hungary 24. Socialist Republic of Vietnam 25. Co-operative Republic of Guyana 26. Republic of Guatemala 27. Federal Republic of Germany 28. Grenada 29. Hellenic Republic 30. Kingdom of Denmark 31. Dominican Republic 32. Commonwealth of Dominica 33. Arab Republic of Egypt 34. New Zealand 35. State of Israel 36. Republic of India 37. Republic of Indonesia 38. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 39. Islamic Republic of Iran 40. Republic of Ireland 41. Republic of Iceland 42. The Kingdom of Spain 43. Italian Republic 44. Canada 45. State of Qatar 46. Republic of Cyprus 47. People's Republic of China 48. Colombia 49. The Republic of Korea 50. Republic of Costa Rica 51. Republic of Cuba 52. State of Kuwait 53. Latvian republic 54. Lebanon 55. Republic of Lithuania 56. Principality of Liechtenstein 57. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 58. Republic of Mauritius 59. Republic of Macedonia 60. Malaysia 61. Republic of Maldives 62. Republic of Malta 63. Kingdom of Morocco

64. United States of Mexico 65. Principality of Monaco 66. Mongolia 67. Kingdom of the Netherlands 68. Kingdom of Norway 69. Islamic Republic of Pakistan 70. Republic of Panama 71. Republic of Paraguay 72. Papua New Guinea 73. Republic of Peru 74. Republic of Poland 75. Republic of Portugal 76. Romania 77. Republic of San Marino 78. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 79. Seychelles 80. Republic of Senegal 81. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 82. Saint Kitts and Nevis 83. Saint Lucia 84. Republic of Serbia 85. Republic of Singapore 86. The Slovak Republic 87. Republic of Slovenia 88. Republic of Suriname 89. Kingdom of Thailand 90. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 91. Tunisian Republic 92. Turkish Republic 93. Turkmenistan 94. The Republic of Uzbekistan 95. Eastern Republic of Uruguay 96. Republic of Fiji 97. Republic of the Philippines 98. French Republic 99. Republic of Finland 100. Republic of Croatia 101. Montenegro 102. Czech Republic 103. Republic of Chile 104. Swiss Confederation 105. Kingdom of Sweden 106. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 107. Republic of Ecuador 108. Republic of El Salvador 109. Republic of Estonia 110. United Arab Emirates 111. Jamaica 112. Japan 113. Kingdom of Cambodia 114. Kingdom of Bhutan 115. Republic of Gandouras 116. Republic of Cape Verde 117. Republic of Nicaragua 118. Republic of Ghana 119. Republic of Cameroon 120. Republic of Benin 121. United Republic of Tanzania 122. Republic of Kenya 123. Lao People's Democratic Republic 124. Republic of the Congo 125. People's Republic of Bangladesh 126. Burkina Faso

According to the bilateral and multilateral agreement of the Republic of Tajikistan there is the entry and exit without visa with special passports such as:

In order to increase the level of investment and the tourist appeal of the republic to the citizens of some foreign countries provided a simplified procedure for the entry, stay and movement of foreigners in the country. Citizens of 126 countries are eligible to apply for a simplified visa procedure in all visa categories. The list of the aforementioned countries was approved by the Decree #31 of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on January 25th, 2017. Foreign citizens who have a standard visa or can enter Tajikistan without visa must register at the Ministry of Interior during 10 working days after their arrival. Diplomatic staff must register at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Dubai Visa for Tajikistan Passport Holder

If you are a Tajikistan citizen who desires to visit the magnificent Dubai, then there is good news. The Good News Is that now you Can Easily Get a Dubai Visa for Tajikistan Passport Holder With Us, We do have a Team of Experts visa consultants who will help you to process and apply for your visa

Documents Required

dubai visa process starts once we receive the clear scanned copies of your following documents:.

Passport size Photograph
Passport front page
Passport last page
Passport page with exit stamp, if you’ve visited Dubai before
Confirmed return air tickets

Special Note

The validity of the passport should be a minimum of 6 months.
The passport should not be in a handwritten format.
The documents submitted should not be blurred or weary

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We at Travel Saga provide Dubai tour visas for Tajikistan passport holders. To enjoy a tour of the beautiful country with its golden sand dunes and magnificent and vibrant city life you will need to get your visa done. This is where we come in to help you. As a citizen of Tajikistan, you are privileged to have the visa for either 14 or 30, or 60 days as per your requirement.

Flying to Dubai from Tajikistan should be planned properly for a worry-free holiday. The only airport in the country that sends and receives flights from the United Arab Emirates is the Dushanbe International Airport (Dushanbe). The air route of Tajikistan is well-connected to different countries. Therefore, daily flights are available from Tajikistan at frequent intervals. Citizens staying in Dushanbe can directly reach the airport to fly to Dubai. However, people staying in nearby cities- Boshkengash, Vahdat, Somoniyon, Nurak, Takob, Hisor, etc. can reach the airport via public transport to catch flights to the United Arab Emirates.

Procedure to Apply Dubai Visa for Tajikistan Passport Holder?

There are a few steps that you need to follow to get your visa done.

First, you need to submit an online application form for obtaining your visa.
Then provide colourful passport-sized photographs of yours when required.
After that, make sure that you hold a passport in working condition the validity of which must be of more than six months.
Next, identify your nationality from the list of countries.
After that, provide a valid email to us so that you get all the updates regarding your visa status.
Then provide all the documentations which you have been asked for.
Next, submit the application form with all the correct input information.
Remember if you are getting your visa done through any airline agency, then while going to Dubai, you may need to fly with that airline to Dubai if there are conditions mentioned as such.
Then we will share the payment link on your email, and once you make the payment then visa process work will be initiated.
Since the Dubai visa for Tajikistan citizens is 30/60 days, if you are planning to visit Dubai, you should do it within 30/60 days when your visa gets approved.
In case, you are wondering about extending your stay in Dubai, you need to contact us and learn about the rules to do so before applying for it.

FAQs on Dubai Visit Visa for Tajikistan

As a citizen of tajikistan, is it mandatory to have a visa to visit dubai.

Yes, a visa is required to travel to Dubai.

What kind of documents do I need to produce to get my visa?

Your travel agency will confirm the documents that you need to show them to get your visa done. You must have your colourful passport-sized photographs ready along with a valid passport.

For how long can a citizen of Tajikistan stay in Dubai?

You may stay for either 14 days, 30 days, or maximum of 60 days. Your travel agency will confirm your stay as per the requirement.

Can a Tajikistani resident get an on-arrival Dubai visa for visiting the country?

No. A Tajikistani resident would need to book a proper visa before traveling to Dubai.

Would a Tajikistani kid need a visa to visit Dubai?

Yes. Any type of citizen from Tajikistan would need to apply for a visa before traveling to Dubai.

Is it possible for a Tajikistani citizen to travel to Dubai with a pre-arrival visa?

No. Every Tajikistani citizen would need to book a visa when booking their flights to Dubai.

Would a Tajikistani citizen get a refund for the cancellation of their Dubai visa?

No refunds are provided to Tajikistani citizens for the cancellation of their Dubai visas.

Are my credentials and details as a Tajikistani citizen safe on the portal Travelsaga.com?

Yes, each and every detail of our customers are safe with the portal.

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Emirates is dealing with a 30,000 bag backlog as it grovels to customers about its handling of Dubai floods

Severe flooding caused by the heaviest rain in 75 years brought travel chaos to Dubai Airport last week.
The ongoing fallout has prompted Emirates boss Tim Clark to issue an apology to customers.
30,000 bags still need to be returned to customers, he said.

Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, is still trying to return 30,000 leftover bags to customers affected by the torrential rains and flooding that brought Dubai Airport to a standstill last week.

Over the weekend, the airline's president, Tim Clark, acknowledged that Emirates' response to the disruption had been "far from perfect" and apologized to customers.

"I would like to offer our most sincere apologies to every customer who has had their travel plans disrupted during this time," Clark wrote in an open letter posted online on Saturday.

Calling the previous week "one of the toughest for Emirates operationally," he said that the airline had been forced to cancel nearly 400 flights and delay many more after storms brought the region's highest rainfall in 75 years.

"Flooded roads impeded the ability of our customers, pilots, cabin crew, and airport employees to reach the airport, and also the movement of essential supplies like meals and other flight amenities," Clark wrote.

In total, 1,478 flights had been canceled at the world's second busiest airport by Friday morning, according to Reuters.

While planes remained stuck on flooded taxiways, submerged roads surrounding the airport left some passengers stranded in the airport.

Watch: Thousands of bags pile up at US airports after flight cancellations

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United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation

The United Arab Emirates is struggled to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads. (AP video/Malak Harb)

A man walks along a road barrier among floodwater caused by heavy rain on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

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A man carries luggage through floodwater caused by heavy rain while waiting for transportation on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

An abandoned vehicle stands in floodwater caused by heavy rain with the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, seen on the background, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

People wait for transportation amidst floodwater caused by heavy rain on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

A man carries a child through floodwater caused by heavy rain while waiting for transportation on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

Vehicles drive through standing floodwater caused by heavy rain on an onramp to Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

Vehicles drive through standing floodwater caused by heavy rain on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

People wait for transportation on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

People walk through floodwater caused by heavy rain while waiting for transportation on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

Abandoned vehicles stand in floodwater caused by heavy rain along Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

An abandoned vehicle stands in floodwater caused by heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

A flooded street by heavy rain is seen, with the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, on the background, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

A man walks through standing floodwater caused by heavy rain with the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, seen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

A man walks through standing floodwater caused by heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

A group of people work to recover an abandoned vehicle taken by floodwater caused by heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

Vehicles drive through standing floodwater caused by heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike)

A man walks through floodwater in the Mudon neighborhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Civil defense officials bring water on a raft to a family in the Mudon neighborhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Dubai civil defense officials drive through floodwater in the Mudon neighborhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates tried to wring itself out Thursday after the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation , with its main airport allowing more flights even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and communities.

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel , allowed global carriers on Thursday morning to again fly into Terminal 1 at the airfield. And long-haul carrier Emirates, crucial to East-West travel, began allowing local passengers to arrive at Terminal 3, their base of operations.

However, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said in an interview with The Associated Press that the airfield needed at least another 24 hours to resume operations close to its usual schedule. Meanwhile, one desert community in Dubai saw floodwaters continue to rise Thursday to as much as 1 meter (3 feet) as civil defense officials struggled to pump out the water.

“We were looking at the radar thinking, ‘Goodness, if this hits, then it’s going to be cataclysmic,’” Griffiths said of the storm. “And indeed it was.”

FILE - People walk through floodwater caused by heavy rain while waiting for transportation on Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 18, 2024. A new report says climate change played a role in the floods. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike, File)

The airport ended up needing 22 tankers with vacuum pumps to get water off its grounds. Griffiths acknowledged that taxiways flooded during the rains, though the airport’s runways remained free of water to safely operate. Online videos of a FlyDubai flight landing with its reverse thrust spraying out water caught the world’s attention.

“It looks dramatic, but it actually isn’t that dramatic,” Griffiths said.

Emirates, whose operations had been struggling since the storm Tuesday, had stopped travelers flying out of the UAE from checking into their flights as they tried to move out connecting passengers. Pilots and flight crews also had a hard time reaching the airport given the water on roadways.

But on Thursday, Emirates lifted that order to allow customers into the airport. That saw some 2,000 people come into Terminal 3, again sparking long lines, Griffiths said.

Others who arrived at the airport described hourslong waits to get their baggage, with some just giving up to head home or to whatever hotel would have them.

Two men walk through floodwater in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting the world's busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Two men walk through floodwater in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

The UAE, a hereditarily ruled, autocratic nation on the Arabian Peninsula, typically sees little rainfall in its arid desert climate. However, a massive storm forecasters had been warning about for days blew through the country’s seven sheikhdoms.

By the end of Tuesday, more than 142 millimeters (5.59 inches) of rainfall had soaked Dubai over 24 hours. An average year sees 94.7 millimeters (3.73 inches) of rain at Dubai International Airport. Other areas of the country saw even more precipitation.

Meanwhile, intense floods also have struck neighboring Oman in recent days. Authorities on Thursday raised the death toll from those storms to at least 21 killed.

The UAE’s drainage systems quickly became overwhelmed Tuesday, flooding out neighborhoods, business districts and even portions of the 12-lane Sheikh Zayed Road highway running through Dubai.

The state-run WAM news agency called the rain “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.”

A tanker truck sits abandoned in floodwater in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Thursday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded, a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

In a message to the nation late Wednesday, Emirati leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, said authorities would “quickly work on studying the condition of infrastructure throughout the UAE and to limit the damage caused.”

On Thursday, people waded through oil-slicked floodwater to reach cars earlier abandoned, checking to see if their engines still ran. Tanker trucks with vacuums began reaching some areas outside of Dubai’s downtown core for the first time as well. Schools remain closed until next week.

Vehicles sit abandoned in floodwater covering a major road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping over a year and a half's worth of rain on the desert city-state of Dubai in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and its international airport. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Vehicles sit abandoned in floodwater covering a major road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Authorities have offered no overall damage or injury information from the floods, which killed at least one person.

However, at least one community saw the effects of the rainfall only get worse Thursday. Mudon, a development by the state-owned Dubai Properties, saw flooding in one neighborhood reach as much as 1 meter. Civil defense workers tried to pump the water out, but it was a struggle as people waded through the floodwater.

Residents of Mudon, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity given the UAE’s strict laws governing speech, described putting together the equivalent of nearly $2,000 to get a tanker to the community Wednesday. They alleged the developers did nothing to help prior to that, even as they called and emailed. They also said a nearby sewage processing facility failed, bringing more water into their homes.

“A lot of people were in denial of how bad it was,” one homeowner said as civil defense officials waded through the water, bringing bottled water on a raft.

Dubai Holding, a state-owned company that has Dubai Properties as an arm, did not respond to questions. It’s part of a wider nexus that U.S. diplomats have called “Dubai Inc.” — all properties overseen by the city-state’s ruling family.

The flooding sparked speculation that the UAE’s aggressive campaign of cloud seeding — flying small planes through clouds dispersing chemicals aimed at getting rain to fall — may have contributed to the deluge. But experts said the storm systems that produced the rain were forecast well in advance and that cloud seeding alone would not have caused such flooding.

Scientists also say climate change is responsible for more intense and more frequent extreme storms, droughts, floods and wildfires around the world. Dubai hosted the United Nations’ COP28 climate talks just last year.

Abu Dhabi’s state-linked newspaper The National in an editorial Thursday described the heavy rains as a warning to countries in the wider Persian Gulf region to “climate-proof their futures.”

“The scale of this task is more daunting than it appears even at first glance, because such changes involve changing the urban environment of a region that for as long as it has been inhabited, has experienced little but heat and sand,” the newspaper said.

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An international team of researchers found that heavy rains had intensified in the region, though they couldn’t say for sure how much climate change was responsible.

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By Raymond Zhong

Scenes of flood-ravaged neighborhoods in one of the planet’s driest regions stunned the world this month. Heavy rains in the United Arab Emirates and Oman submerged cars, clogged highways and killed at least 21 people. Flights out of Dubai’s airport, a major global hub, were severely disrupted.

The downpours weren’t a total surprise — forecasters had anticipated the storms several days earlier and issued warnings. But they were certainly unusual.

Here’s what to know.

Heavy rain there is rare, but not unheard-of.

On average, the Arabian Peninsula receives a scant few inches of rain a year, although scientists have found that a sizable chunk of that precipitation falls in infrequent but severe bursts, not as periodic showers. These rains often come during El Niño conditions like the ones the world is experiencing now.

U.A.E. officials said the 24-hour rain total on April 16 was the country’s largest since records there began in 1949 . And parts of the nation had already experienced an earlier round of thunderstorms in March.

Oman, with its coastline on the Arabian Sea, is also vulnerable to tropical cyclones. Past storms there have brought torrential rain, powerful winds and mudslides, causing extensive damage.

Global warming is projected to intensify downpours.

Stronger storms are a key consequence of human-caused global warming. As the atmosphere gets hotter, it can hold more moisture, which can eventually make its way down to the earth as rain or snow.

But that doesn’t mean rainfall patterns are changing in precisely the same way across every part of the globe.

In their latest assessment of climate research , scientists convened by the United Nations found there wasn’t enough data to have firm conclusions about rainfall trends in the Arabian Peninsula and how climate change was affecting them. The researchers said, however, that if global warming were to be allowed to continue worsening in the coming decades, extreme downpours in the region would quite likely become more intense and more frequent.

Hot oceans are a big factor.

An international team of scientists has made a first attempt at estimating the extent to which climate change may have contributed to April’s storms. The researchers didn’t manage to pin down the connection precisely, though in their analysis, they did highlight one known driver of heavy rain in the region: above-normal ocean temperatures.

Large parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans have been hotter than usual recently, in part because of El Niño and other natural weather cycles, and in part because of human-induced warming .

When looking only at El Niño years, the scientists estimated that storm events as infrequent as this month’s delivered 10 percent to 40 percent more rain to the region than they would in a world that hadn’t been warmed by human activities. They cautioned, however, that these estimates were highly uncertain.

“Rainfall, in general, is getting more extreme,” said Mansour Almazroui, a climate scientist at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and one of the researchers who contributed to the analysis.

The analysis was conducted by scientists affiliated with World Weather Attribution, a research collaboration that studies extreme weather events shortly after they occur. Their findings about this month’s rains haven’t yet been peer reviewed, but are based on standardized methods .

The role of cloud seeding isn’t clear.

The U.A.E. has for decades worked to increase rainfall and boost water supplies by seeding clouds. Essentially, this involves shooting particles into clouds to encourage the moisture to gather into larger, heavier droplets, ones that are more likely to fall as rain or snow.

Cloud seeding and other rain-enhancement methods have been tried around the world, including in Australia, China, India, Israel, South Africa and the United States. Studies have found that these operations can, at best, affect precipitation modestly — enough to turn a downpour into a bigger downpour, but probably not a drizzle into a deluge.

Still, experts said pinning down how much seeding might have contributed to this month’s storms would require detailed study.

“In general, it is quite a challenge to assess the impact of seeding,” said Luca Delle Monache, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. Dr. Delle Monache has been leading efforts to use artificial intelligence to improve the U.A.E.’s rain-enhancement program.

An official with the U.A.E.’s National Center of Meteorology, Omar Al Yazeedi, told news outlets that the agency didn’t conduct any seeding during the latest storms. His statements didn’t make clear, however, whether that was also true in the hours or days before.

Mr. Al Yazeedi didn’t respond to emailed questions from The New York Times, and Adel Kamal, a spokesman for the center, didn’t have further comment.

Cities in dry places just aren’t designed for floods.

Wherever it happens, flooding isn’t just a matter of how much rain comes down. It’s also about what happens to all that water once it’s on the ground — most critically, in the places people live.

Cities in arid regions often aren’t designed to drain very effectively. In these areas, paved surfaces block rain from seeping into the earth below, forcing it into drainage systems that can easily become overwhelmed.

One recent study of Sharjah , the capital of the third-largest emirate in the U.A.E., found that the city’s rapid growth over the past half-century had made it vulnerable to flooding at far lower levels of rain than before.

Omnia Al Desoukie contributed reporting.

Raymond Zhong reports on climate and environmental issues for The Times. More about Raymond Zhong

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