DUBAI, Jul 30 (NNN-WAM) – Seven people were killed yesterday, in floods in northern and eastern United Arab Emirates (UAE), triggered by two days of heavy rain.
The UAE Ministry of Interior, extended its condolences to the families of the victims who are of various Asian nationalities, Al Salem Al Tunaiji, director general of the ministry’s federal operations, said in a tweet.
Al Tunaiji said, 80 percent of those who were evacuated have returned to their homes, noting, the rescue operations are still ongoing in the affected three emirates.
Heavy downpours have lashed northern and eastern UAE for two days, since Wednesday, causing floods in several regions, including the emirates of Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah, where 879 people have been rescued, the ministry said on Thursday night.
About 827 hotel rooms have been allocated by the Ministry of Community Development to accommodate 1,885 people from the three emirates.
According to the UAE National Centre of Meteorology, Fujairah has recorded the biggest rainfall for the month of Jul, in the past 27 years.
