Dubai flooding LIVE: Thousands of UK travellers suffer flights chaos as torrential rain grounds planes [Video]

The Only Way Is Essex stars Joey Essex and James ‘Arg’ Argent were left stranded on the streets of Dubai amid the record-breaking rainfall.

Essex, 33, who was a contestant on Dancing On Ice in 2023, was caught up in the aftermath of the torrential rainfall and said the pair had “decided to hitchhike after hours of trying to get back home.”

On his Instagram story, the reality star posted a video of 36-year-old Argent standing next to a flooded road with his hand stuck out in front of him, as Essex said: “Hitchhiking, we have no choice.”

Essex also uploaded a clip of him walking along the street pavement, part of which had seemingly collapsed, as a car tried to make its way across a flooded road that resembled a river.

In the next video Essex was seen holding …