(Bloomberg) -- The Port of Fujairah reopened after extreme weather conditions shuttered the port overnight, though oil operations remain disrupted with some berths still out of service.
The United Arab Emirates port closed Wednesday evening as a precaution because of an “exceptional” weather event, Khalil Ibrahim, deputy general manager at the port, said by phone. All of the oil berths at Oil Terminal 1 were reopened but some of the berths at Oil Terminal 2 were still shut by late-afternoon Thursday, he said.
Argus Media earlier reported that GPS Chemoil LLC, which operates terminals and bunkering at Fujairah, declared force majeure at its oil storage facilities.
Fujairah is the world's second-largest refueling port for ships and a major hub for crude and oil products storage. The emirate very rarely experiences excessive rainfall -- particularly in the summer months.
The excessive rainfall wasn't caused by cloud seeding, the commonly-used practice in the UAE of spraying particles from planes into clouds to trigger rainfall, said a NCM press officer.
A total of 3,897 people in the area have been sheltered and 870 people rescued, said Ministry of Interior spokesman Ali Salem Al Tunaiji at a briefing on Thursday.
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