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UAE rains: 3 dead amid heavy flooding caused by rains

Updated on: 19 April,2024 07:56 PM IST  |  Dubai
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Three people have died in the UAE as a result of heavy flooding caused by record-setting rains this week

UAE rains: 3 dead amid heavy flooding caused by rains

Parts of UAE witnessed heavy flooding due to rains. File Pic/AFP

Three people have died in the United Arab Emirates as a result of heavy flooding caused by record-setting rains this week, officials said Friday.


A statement by the Philippine's Department of Migrant Workers said two women suffocated inside their vehicle during the flooding, while a man died when his vehicle fell into a sinkhole.


The exact number of deaths caused by the storm is not yet known as UAE officials have not released any information.


The UAE, a hereditarily ruled, autocratic nation on the Arabian Peninsula, typically sees little rainfall in its arid desert climate. However, a massive storm forecasters had been warning about for days blew through the country's seven sheikhdoms.

By the end of Tuesday, more than 142 millimeters (5.59 inches) of rainfall had soaked Dubai over 24 hours. An average year sees 94.7 millimeters (3.73 inches) of rain at Dubai International Airport. Other areas of the country saw even more precipitation.

Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, hoped to be back on a normal schedule within 24 hours, its CEO told The Associated Press late Thursday.

On Friday, long-haul carrier Emirates said on the social platform X that it would again halt local check-in for passengers traveling on its flights until early Saturday to 'support operations recovery from the recent bad weather at our Dubai hub.'

Low-cost carrier FlyDubai also saw some disruptions.

Meanwhile, intense floods also struck neighboring Oman in recent days. On Thursday, authorities raised the death toll from those storms to at least 21 killed.

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