UAE roads as of late: Which of them are closed, flooded, transparent? Listed below are the most recent updates – Information

[Editor’s Note: Some updates on this blog have been sourced from the community.]

Rains have stopped in most parts of the country — but many residents are still grappling with the aftermath of the worst downpour the UAE has seen in 75 years.

Life is yet to return to normal: Travellers are still on the edge over the status of their flights. Commuters are constantly checking for updates on bus and Metro operations. Children are attending classes from home while many employees are working remotely.

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As the skies clear up and authorities work round the clock to speed up full recovery, residents are now trying to head out — but how safe is it? Which roads are flooded? Which ones are now clear?

With Khaleej Times’ team on the ground and help from the community, we bring you the latest updates on road conditions.

Are you out on the roads? Can you see a flooded street in your neighbourhood? Take a photo and help us keep the community updated by e-mailing webteam@khaleejtimes.com. Send the image and key details in this format: Exact time, location (road / street, emirate), road status (clear, flooded, blocked or heavy traffic). Be responsible and share only factual and accurate information.

Here’s what we have seen so far:

6.40pm: Al Estiqlal Street, Sharjah, flooded

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6pm: Al Ittihad Road (Between Al Taawun, Al Wahda), flooded

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5.38pm: Behind Nesto, King Faisal street, Sharjah, flooded

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5.15pm: Near Medcare Hospital, Al Qasimia/Al Nud, Sharjah, flooded

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4.50pm: Street 34, Barsha, Dubai, flooded

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4pm: Al Nud, Al Qasimia, flooded

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3.15pm: Jamal Abdul Nasser Street, Al Majaz Park and Al Wahda Main Road, Sharjah, flooded / blocked

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3.10pm: Street 4, Discovery Gardens, Ibn Battuta Street, flooded / blocked

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2.56pm: Masakin, Al Furjan, Jebel Ali, Dubai, flooded / blocked with floating cars

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2.52pm: 38th street, near City Centre Supermarket, Abu Shagara, Sharjah, flooded / blocked

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2.20pm: Jumeirah Village Circle entrance, Dubai, blocked

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2pm: Discovery Gardens Street 8, Dubai, flooded

2pm: Al Wahda St, Sharjah, flooded

(Video: Faiz Kazi)

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12.40pm: Al Qasimia area, Sharjah, flooded

(Video: Muhammad Sajjad)

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12.37pm: Al Ittihad Road, Dubai to Sharjah, still closed

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12.30pm: Dubai investment Park 1, roundabout and residential area across NMC Royal Hospital, flooded

The Mohammed Bin Zayed road exit is blocked due to the flood at the roundabout. Clearing work is ongoing.

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12.30pm: Karama, Dubai, clear

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12.18pm: Sheikh Rashid Road from Sharjah to Dubai, clear

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12.15pm: Al Ittihad Road, near Ansar Mall, Sharjah, flooded

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12.08pm: Business Bay to E311, Dubai, expect delays

Clearing work is ongoing on a short stretch of the road. Expect some delays as barricades were set up.

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12.07pm: Meydan St, Dubai, flooded

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12.05: King Faisal St, Sharjah, flooded

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12pm: Al Nahda exit from Dubai to Sharjah (Exit 69), clear

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11.56am: Al Ittihad Road, Sharjah to Dubai, clearing work ongoing

Floodwaters have started going down.

(Video: Shihab)

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11.39am: Al Nud, Al Qasimia, Sharjah, flooded

A view of a street at Al Nud park, near Medcare Hospital:

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11.30am: Al Nahda Road towards Sahara Centre, Sharjah, clear

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11.08am: Jamal Abdul Nasser St, across City Centre Sharjah, Al Majaz 2, flooded

(Video: Vanessa)

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10.35am: Al Sour, Al Qasimia, Sharjah, flooded but passable

View of the road from Soudi Masjid Signal to Al Jubail Bus Station:

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10.35am: King Abdul Aziz St, Sharjah, flooded, blocked

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10.30am: Salem Bin Omer St, Abu Shagara, Sharjah, flooded and blocked

(Video: Sara Tuba)

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9.56am: Al Wahda St, Sharjah, flooded

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9.56am: Al, Al Qasimia, Sharjah, flooded

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9.55am: A street in Al Barsha 1,near LuLu Hypermarket, Dubai, flooded

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9.55am: The Gardens, Dubai, flooded

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9.44am: Al Wahda St, City Centre Sharjah, flooded

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9.30am: Al Majaz 1, King Faisal Road, flooded

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8.13am: Al Qasimia, Sharjah, flooded

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8am: Al Taawun and Al Ittihad Road, Sharjah, flooded and blocked

8am: Al Wahda St (near Safeer Mall), Al Nahda, Sharjah, flooded

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7.30am: Al Furjan (from ICE Tower), Dubai, flooded and blocked

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7am: Al Nad Park area, towards King Faisal St, Sharjah, flooded

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6.50am: Roads from Madinal Al Maktoum area and Dubai South towards Emirates Road (E611), flooded and closed

Clearing work is ongoing.

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6.46am: Abu Shagara Park, Sharjah, flooded

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6.36am: E11 / Al Wahda Street, Abu Shagara, Sharjah, flooded

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6:06 am, April 19: Street in Abu Shagara, towards Al Wahda Street, Sharjah, flooded

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6am: We’re back

We are reopening this blog today. Are you out and about? Do you have a view of a road from your balcony? Help us help the community by sending a photo to webteam@khaleejtimes.com. Indicate key details, including exact time, location, and road status (flooded, blocked, or clear).

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11.03pm: Closing for today

Khaleej Times would like to thank its readers and members of the community for sending in updates that kept the nation informed.

This blog will resume with updates again, tomorrow. Meanwhile, please keep sending in any situational changes on the roads you come across to our e-mail address webteam@khaleejtimes.com.

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9.31pm: Key roads in Dubai, clear

The RTA shared photos of major roads in the emirate:

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9.30pm: Exit to Mohamed Bin Zayed Road, near NMC Hospital, Dubai Investment Park 1, flooded / blocked

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8.25pm: Etihad Road, towards Sharjah, blocked

Only one lane accessible to exit to Sahara only, Tawun Road exit still blocked.

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8pm: Street 1, Al Barsha 1, Dubai, flooded / blocked

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7pm: Liberty signal, Sharjah, partially clear

Underpass flooded / blocked

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6.44pm: King Faisal street, Sharjah, flooded / blocked

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6.30pm: Al Ezz Bin Abdulsalam Street, Al Majaz 1, Sharjah, partially flooded / passable

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6.23pm: RTA announces some roads now open

The following roads are now accessible to traffic, however, some water accumulation may still persist.

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6pm: Al Wahda Street, Sharjah, flooded

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5.36pm: Estiqlal street Abu Shagarah, flooded / blocked

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5.12pm: Al Khan Signal, Sharjah, flooded / blocked

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5pm: 20th St, Al Quoz, Dubai, flooded / blocked

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4.30pm: Hessa St, Remraam, Dubai, flooded

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4.20pm: Al Ittihad (Dubai-Sharjah) Road, blocked and flooded

A view of the exit towards Sahara Centre and Al Tawun:

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4.13pm: Street 2, The Greens, Dubai, flooded

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4.13pm: Al Furjan, Dubai, flooded

Views from Avenue Residence 1, across Discovery Gardens Pavilion Mall, near the Metro station

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4.07pm: Masakin Al Furjan, Dubai, flooded

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4.05pm: Street 23, Al Barsha 1, Dubai, flooded

(Video: Ali Reza)

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4.05pm: Al Barsha 1, near Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, flooded

View of streets near Icon De luxe hotel apartments:

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4.01pm: King Abdul Aziz St, Abu Shagara, Sharjah, flooded

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4pm: Musab Bin Omair St, Al Mahatta, Qasimiya, Sharjah, flooded

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4pm: Al Barsha 1, near Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, flooded

Views from Building Al Jaber, behind City Max hotel:

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3.45pm: Corniche St, Al majaz 1, Sharjah, flooded but passable

3.30pm: King Faisal St, Sharjah, flooded

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3.20pm: Al Nud, Al Qassimia, Sharjah, flooded

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3.09pm: DIFC roads, Dubai, clear

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3pm: Al Mahatah, Sharjah, flooded

(Video: Remya Dhanesh)

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3pm: Opposite NMC roundabout, DIP 1, flooded

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3pm: Abu Shagara, Sharjah, flooded

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3pm: Discovery Gardens, Dubai, flooded

(Video by KT reader)

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2.46pm: Al Ittihad Road, (intersection near Safeer Mall), Sharjah, flooded

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2.43pm: King Faisal Road, Sharjah, flooded

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2.37pm: Street 8 , Discovery Gardens (near Discovery Garden Metro Station), flooded

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2.30pm: Behind Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, flooded

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2.25pm- 2.35pm:

Garhoud Bridge, Dubai, free-flowing traffic

Crossing Emirates Aviation College towards Airport Rd, Dubai, free-flowing traffic

Airport Rd, Dubai, no waterlogging; all clear

Junction towards Al Nahda St, Dubai, blocked

Short stretch in front of Dubai Police General Headquarters, opposite Al Mulla Plaza, flooded

It can be navigated; however, expect some traffic as four lanes merge into one to avoid the water. The road is clear from Stadium station all the way down past Union Coop.

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2.22pm: Sharjah Ring Road (towards Al Ittihad Road), flooded

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2:20pm: Near Al Qusais Metro Station Exit 2, Dubai, flooded

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2.10pm: Al Qassimia, Sharjah, flooded

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2pm: Al Khan to Jamal Abdul Nasser St, Sharjah, flooded

(The road in front of Al Majaz Water Park towards Al Noor Mosque seems clear.)

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2pm: Al Furjan Villas community, Dubai, flooded (main road blocked in both directions)

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1.51pm: Dubai South (internal road towards Emirates Road, E611), flooded

(Clearing work ongoing)

1.52pm: Near Al Wahda Post Office, Sharjah, flooded

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1.50pm: Discovery Gardens (Street 1), Dubai, flooded

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1.50pm: Muweilah Commercial, Safari Mall road, Sharjah, flooded (no access to highway)

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1.40pm: Underpass to Meydan and Al Khail (from Mustaqbil Street), Dubai, closed to traffic

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1.35pm: Estiqlal street, Abu Shagara and Kiing Faisal road, Sharjah, flooded

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1.30pm: Al Khan St, Al Taawun, Sharjah, flooded, blocked

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1.23pm: Al Bustan area, Ajman, flooded

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1.15pm: Al Wahda Street (near City Centre), Sharjah, flooded

12.49pm: Al Quoz Industrial Area 3 (Near Al Madina Supermarket, Al Asayel Street), flooded

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12.45pm: Sheikh Zayed Road (SZR), Dubai, some areas still flooded

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) issues an update on the status of SZR:

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12.41pm: Sufyan Bin Saqr St, Bu Daniq area, Sharjah, flooded

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12.40pm: Al Khail Road, Dubai, partly flooded

A view of Hessa Bridge near Al Barsha police station:

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12.35pm: Al Butina, Sharjah, flooded

(At the fire station roundabout towards the clock tower}

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12.32pm: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai

This area is flooded:

Heavy traffic is seen in some parts:

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12.30pm: Discovery Gardens, The Gardens Metro Station, Dubai, flooded

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12.17pm: Al Ittihad Road, Sharjah, flooded

(These are abandoned cars.)

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12.15pm: Rolla, Sharjah, clear

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12pm: Al Zahra Street, Maysaloon Sharjah, flooded

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12pm: King Abdul Aziz Street, Sharjah, flooded

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11.51am: Estiqlal and AbuShagara Streets, Sharjah, flooded and blocked

(Roads leading to Al Wadha are also flooded.)

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11.43am: Adnoc fuel station, Al Khan in Sharjah towards Dubai, closed

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11.30am: Al Nahda 2, Dubai, flooded but passable

(Video: Jassim Tisekar)

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11.25am: Near Safeer Mall, Sharjah, flooded

(KT video / Shihab)

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11am: Al Waha Street, Dubai, open, smooth traffic flow

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10.46am: 11 Street, Al Barsha 1, Dubai

(A view from Sand Dunes Apartments)

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10.45am: Al Ittihad Road towards Sharjah, closed

10.30am: Greens and Views, Dubai, flooded

(Video by Anna Kravchenko)

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9.45am: Jebel Ali Free Zone (south), Dubai, flooded

8am: Al Khail Road (Hessa Street Intersection, facing Sharjah), Dubai, flooded

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