Dubai Is Turning Into A "ghost Town"

The airspace is closed, citizens try not to leave their homes.

Dubai, which usually bustles with life during the peak season, has become almost unrecognizable due to the aftermath of the Iranian attacks. Empty highways and lack of air service made residents remember the times of strict quarantine six years ago. This was reported by CNN.

In place of the usual queues in shopping centers and noisy parties on yachts in Dubai Marina, the city plunged into atypical silence. Schools have urgently switched to distance learning and families are trying to stay in their homes. Supermarkets have seen queues at supermarkets due to the surge in demand for food, and delivery services are running with long delays, the story said.

"We feel as if these are the times of pandemic Covid. It's quiet, sunny, birds are chirping, and not a single sound of traffic or airplanes," CNN videographer Paul Devitt shared.

The report said some people have left for quieter regions of the country after the closure of UAE airspace. In Hatta, near the border with Oman, a hotel converted a conference room into a temporary shelter for tourists who had evicted but were unable to fly home. Newly arrived guests admitted they had moved with their families from areas of Dubai that had been attacked.

Some people tried to leave for neighboring Oman by land. However, the security situation in the region remains precarious, with city authorities already saying two drones attacked a local port on Sunday, media reports said.

Author shared that the metropolis, which has always emphasized its security and stability, was not provided with public shelters. As a result, many residents waited out the night in underground parking lots. Parents tried to keep their children safe from fear by convincing them that the loud noises over the city were allegedly fireworks or traditional cannons used in Muslim countries to announce the start of iftar during Ramadan.

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