Dublin woman’s travel hell as ‘exhausted’ dad, 69, forced to sleep on airport floor after nightmare weather hits Dubai [Video]

A DUBLIN woman and her 69-year-old father have been left “exhausted” and without access to his medication after being forced to sleep in a Dubai airport when their flight home was cancelled.

People are experiencing travel disruption because of the unprecedented floods in Dubai – by the end of Tuesday, more than 14cm of rain had soaked Dubai over 24 hours.

One man said he witnessed a bottle being thrown and staff raising their voices amid “swarms of people” in “disorganised” queues.

More than 800 flights departing from Dubai International Airport have been delayed over Thursday and Friday, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.

Dubai Airports said: “This is the heaviest rainfall the UAE received in 75 years and we’re doing all we can to get operations back to normal.”

One of those waiting at Dubai International Airport is Sarah Jane Cahill, 42, from …