No Filipino casualty reported in Dubai floods – DMW
MANILA, Philippines — No Filipino casualty or fatality has so far been reported amid the flooding in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Wednesday.
“Severe flooding reported, per local media and other sources. No dead or injured Filipinos — hoping this remains so,” DMW told reporters in a Viber message.
The Philippine government’s data showed that there are at least 421,686 Filipinos in Dubai as of June 2023.
Meanwhile, DMW assured the public that its migrant workers offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are now preparing food items and other basic needs for overseas Filipino workers who might need it.
No other details have been provided so far.
International news reports said Dubai has been “paralyzed” by torrential rains that caused floods across the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and left 18 dead in Oman over the weekend.
The torrential downpour reportedly brought 254 millimeters of rain in the region on Tuesday.
International reports said it was the highest rainfall since records began in 1949, before the formation of the United Arab Emirates in 1971.
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