UAE struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall hits desert nation

Skye, a Husky dog, sits near floodwater in Dubai (Jon Gambrell/AP)

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

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, allowed global carriers to fly into Terminal 1 at the airfield again on Thursday morning.