TOWIE's Arg and Joey Essex 'stuck' in flooded Dubai on 'scary' holiday from hell

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The Only Way Is Essex stars James 'Arg' Argent and Joey Essex have opened up about being caught in the unprecedented storm that hit Dubai over the last few days whilst on holiday.The pair revealed that they were "stuck" in a shopping centre for 10 hours after their accommodation was "completely flooded".

The TOWIE stars, who were on the ITV show together from 2011 until Joey left in 2013, appeared on Good Morning Britain from Dubai to speak about their horrific experience.

Chatting to hosts Kate Garraway and Ed Balls, the pair said that being stuck in the intense weather was incredibly "scary". "There was rain throughout the night with the storm," Arg said. "We went to sleep and I was rudely awakened by [TOWIE co-star] Tom Pearce, who we're sharing our apartment with.The whole apartment was completely flooded." Joey added, "It was actually my room that was flooded so Tom Pearce barged into my room with someone else, I was on the floor, falling over.The whole apartment flooded upstairs, downstairs." Arg went onto reveal that the group made their way to a shopping centre - but found themselves trapped inside for 10 hours. "We managed to just about get to the local shopping mall in Dubai Hills but we were stuck inside the mall for over 10 hours," he said. "There was no way of getting a taxi and we were trying to walk through the streets but there was water coming up to our knees.The flooring was caving in - it was quite scary." The United Arab Emirates city was hit with extreme floods on Tuesday 18th April after facing a torrential downpour.The desert state experienced more than a year and a half's worth of rain in just a few hours.